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

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9Yoap TIL that in 1928, deep in the Brazilian jungle, Henry Ford built a city nearly the size of Connecticut called Fordlândia. It would last until 1934 when it was abandoned. Its remains are still visible today.
Gb94 TIL Christopher Walken has only ever been pulled over on the freeway once. Christopher questioned whether the plain clothes officer was indeed an officer, who replied with “no” and simply got back into his car and drove away.
oRenW TIL about Okinotorishima, a Japanese island located in the middle of the Pacific which is administered by the Tokyo Prefecture
noVG TIL there is such a thing as one-way bulletproof glass. This allows you to return fire through the glass while still keeping you protected from the attacker (your shot leaves a bullet-sized hole, but doesn’t compromise the rest of the shield).
M70xa TIL the Legend of Zelda song is by Joe Pleiman and not System of a Down.