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TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else

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wk9o TIL Jon Stewart proposed to his wife through a personalized crossword puzzle created with the help of the crossword editor at The New York Times.
AYla TIL Salvador Dalí was born 9 months after his older brother, also named Salvador, died, and was told he was a reincarnation of his brother
W7ge4 TIL that the tallest tree ever measured wasn’t actually a redwood. It was an Australian mountain ash. Which was recorded at a height of over 130 meters!
pkrN TIL that in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
mxnLO TIL that Olivia de Haviland and Joan Fontaine were sisters and lifelong rivals. They were born 15 months apart and were rivals as kids. When Joan won an Oscar against her sister in 1942, she ignored Olivia’s congratulations. 5 years later Olivia did the same to Joan when she won.