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TIL the Portuguese established a large trade of Japanese sllaves during the 16th century and favored them over Africans

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a6nN TIL that prior to 1970 keyboards did not have an “!” To type it you had to hit “period, backspace, apostrophe”
9EpQ TIL of “l'appel du vide” - “the call of the void” - that weird urge you get to jump when you are on a tall building or high place, looking down.
woGx6 TIL about the Macintosh TV. This Mac was based on the Macintosh Performa 520 but with a black case and a TV tuner built in. It sold poorly, selling only around 10,000 units and was discontinued in Febuary 1994 less than 4 months after release. This was the first Mac to come in a black case.
ANO1B TIL Humans perceive and sense our environment logarithmically, including sound and light
wowgM TIL that Willie Nelson has owned his guitar, "Trigger," since 1969. A huge hole has developed above the bridge from Nelson's fingers playing it in over thousands of shows. The hole is regularly shored up with braces, but never fully repaired