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TIL that Pokémon Gold and Silver were supposed to be the final games in the series, effectively ending the Pokémon franchise for good.

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OGye7 TIL that the Coleco Adam had several issues. The computer wouldn't boot if the printer wasn't connected, as it housed the power supply. The computer also emitted a electromagnetic pulse when it was turned on that would cause any storage devices that were near the computer to have their data erased.
p0wA TIL a team of Material Scientists at the University of Texas Dallas have developed artificial muscle that is 100X stronger than organic muscle and is constructed out of ordinary fishing line.
LkyDr TIL that one of the earliest instances of Phreaking, (hacking into telephone lines,) was discovered via blowing a Captain Crunch toy whistle into a phone line. This toy , coincidentally, rang at 2600 Hz, which is the exact tone that At&T used to determine that a caller had hung up.
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QaDL TIL Russian criminal and prisoners would get large chest and back tattoos of Stalin and Lenin, not out of respect, but to avoid having internal organs damaged during beatings by guards who would not denigrate the images.