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TIL that in a nod to etch a sketch, when typing on an iPhone you can shake it to bring up the undo typing shortcut.

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69Bkl TIL in 1937, Marion Anderson gave a concert at Princeton but was denied lodging at a local segregated hotel. Einstein invited her to stay at his nearby home. They became friends, and she often stayed at his house whenever she visited Princeton
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kEEm TIL that in 2000,Pope John Paul II was named an “Honorary Harlem Globetrotter”