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TIL that rice does not dry out wet electronic devices much better than letting the device sit on a dry counter does. You should use silica packets instead.

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J1m5m TIL In the US, the shapes of typefaces are not eligible for copyright but can be protected by design patent (15yr term, rarely applied for) Typefaces and their letter forms are considered utilitarian objects whose public utility outweighs any private interest in protecting their creative elements.
PYV9E TIL that the last official engagement Australian PM Harold Holt was invited to before his disappearance in 1967 was a screening of a movie that cast a Malysian born actor and a and white actor as Indigenous Australians
6ELoZ TIL the famous "Aaron Burr" Got Milk? ad of the early 90s was directed by a then unknown Michael Bay.
W77kX TIL that the saying "I'll sleep when I'm dead." may have first been said by the hero Gilgamesh. This conversation with the god Shamesh is from the Epic of Gilgamesh, captured on clay tablets 4000 years ago in the world's oldest written story. Jump down to the beginning of Part III