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TIL the first "smartphone" pre-dated the iPhone by 15 years.

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R7En8 TIL that in 2013 the United States bombed the island of Guam with 2,000 dead mice stuffed with painkillers to kill the Brown Tree Snake which is an invasive species on the island. The snake got there by accident in the 1950s on a shipping vessel.
KYyDB TIL Due to Chinese cultural beliefs about mental illness and intellectual disability, Chinese people may consider an autistic child as a 'bad seed' and a disgrace to their family. Parents may deny that their child is autistic or keep the autistic child as a family secret
KxZ6 TIL that Joseph Stalin was so harsh to his son, Yakov, that he shot himself in a failed attempt to commit suicide. Stalin later remarked, “He can’t even shoot straight.”
XWej TIL Rapper Chamillionaire is a successful tech investor. One of his early investments, Maker Studios, recently sold to Disney for over $500 million. He’s currently the ““Entrepreneur in Residence” at a venture capital firm.
ZYwo TIL that Puritans started a “War on Christmas” in the 17th Century, considering it hedonistic and heretical.