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TIL about the first wearable computer

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ZO8R TIL male infants show a stronger interest in the physical-mechanical objects while the female infants show a stronger interest in social objects
YpZ7r [TIL] that Isaac Wright (Bran on GOT) had to leave university after only 8 weeks because of all the attention he got. People had his flat address and his email address. He was even assigned a campus police officer at one point. When his then girlfriend came to visit they hid in his room for a week.
PrWL TIL that although the film ‘Capricorn One’ portrays NASA as corrupt and willing to kill to cover up its faked space mission, the agency cooperated in the movie’s production and provided government equipment as props. Without NASA’s help the film could not have stayed within its budget.
gMJwA TIL that when the British monarchy was restored in 1660 under Charles II, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up, hanged in chains and beheaded as a posthumous execution for the crime of signing Charles I's death warrant. His head was then owned by various people till its burial in 1960.
p5wQ TIL when James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, first ran off with current wife, Rachel Weisz, he had a fiance that ran up a million dollars on his credit as revenge when she found out.