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TIL Photoshop 1.0 was released on February 19, 1990 for Macintosh exclusively at a price of $895. At the time of release, it cost around $300 an hour for basic photo retouching. Photoshop became available for Microsoft Windows in 1993 where it would reach global audiences within a few years.

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BM1b TIL that when trains were introduced in the U.S, many people believed that that “women’s bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour.” And that their “uteruses would fly out of [their] bodies as they were accelerated to that speed.”
d8b9r TIL that birch trees have bark that peels because they can photosynthesize through their bark. Peeling off the old bark removes lichen and fungus that would prevent photosynthesis.
ADBww TIL: In the 1800s, Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer set out to write an ambitious guide to all the nations on Earth. She had never set foot outside Shropshire. She was horribly misinformed about virtually every topic she turned her attention to. And she was prejudiced against foreigners.
VMX54 TIL A dog named Jim was praised in an early 1900s postcard. "Ever ready to stand guard over the wagon, never willing to ride while the team is in motion; Jim is indeed a great dog."
BrJVx TIL of Jewel Shuping, a woman with normal eyesight, but who yearned to be blind. She eventually found a psychologist who was willing to help her in her quest. He dripped drain cleaner into her eyes, and 6 months later, she got her wish and completely lost her sight.