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TIL someone is creating sticky notes that can be used as flash drives

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ej8g TIL that there is an airtight room in a University in Georgia (US), sealed in 1940, to be opened in the year 8113. The “Crypt of Civilization” contains a wealth of artifacts from literary works to everyday items.
1bBV TIL that before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while, until it was abandoned.
EgPP7 TIL voice actor Márcio Simões dubbed the films of both Will Smith and Robin Williams for Brazilian audiences. This means he voiced the Genie in both the 1992 and 2019 versions of Aladdin.
DQgMJ TIL The mammoth jack is a huge breed of donkey developed in the US. A pet project of George Washington and its ears can be 33 inches
XEpmD TIL The tenant of a Paris flat was evicted and ordered to pay her landlord the entirety of her €47,000 short-term rental earnings for illegally subletting the property on Airbnb