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TIL Once hailed as the future of television, 3D TV's have not been produced by any manufacturer since 2016. 3D TV is dead.

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9kB6 TIL that if you fail your driver’s license practical test three times in Switzerland, you have to visit a Psychologist to explain why you failed it.
rRlxM TIL that most of Steve Jobs' wealth came from his investment in Pixar, as he sold his original shares in Apple when he was ousted
DQM6V TIL the original superman was a homeless man tricked by an evil scientist into taking an drug that gives the powers of mind-reading, mind-control, & clairvoyance. He uses these powers maliciously for profit & amusement, but then it wears off, leaving him a powerless vagrant again He is also bald.
nWVbP TIL about Confraternities in Nigeria, secretive student groups within higher education that have been involved in violence and organized crime since the 1980s. One estimate in 2002 was that 250 people had been killed in campus cult-related murders in the previous decade.
KYd8J TIL about a 16 year old art student who lost most of her fingers when she plunged her hands into a bucket of plaster until it set. The heat of the chemical reaction caused terrible burns when fellow students and teachers failed to remove the plaster with a hammer. The school was fined only £20,000.