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TIL the guy who didn’t invent e-mail sues everyone that points out he didn’t invent e-mail.

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P1aDw TIL that filmmaker Preston Sturges died of a heart attack in the middle of writing his autobiography. He had planned to title his autobiography "The Events Leading Up to My Death".
PY4DV TIL After Lord Nelson fell at the battle of Trafalgar, he was placed in a large cask filled with brandy in order to preserve his body during the voyage back to England
AD4Zn TIL: Prison education saves the US 4 to 5 dollars for every dollar spent.
9wV9m TIL monster EXTREME UV lithography machines make AI chips with a laser burning hotter than the sun spitting out molten drops of tin to create plasma that emits tiny UV waves which then hits a bunch of vacuum mirrors for focus before landing on a photomask for printing on silicon 🤯
0w84N TIL that the “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” scene in the movie Grease, which features a line about Elvis, was filmed on the same day he died.