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TIL the the multi-touch surface was invented in 1982, gestures in 1983, and multi-touch screens in 1984.

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9YnDG TIL that the band Spooner eventually became the band Garbage in the '90s.
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PYDvn TIL before lending his song In Your Eyes to the film Say Anything, Peter Gabriel asked to see the movie. He was sent a copy, and Gabriel approved the use of his song, but said he was uneasy about the main character’s overdose at the end; the studio had mistakenly sent him the film Wired instead.
xl67 TIL that in 1310, a Mali ruler called Abu Bakr II tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean with 400 ships. Only 1 ship who refused to follow him made it back
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