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TIL: The FTC states that your eye care provider must give you a copy of your contact lens and eyeglass prescriptions — whether or not you ask for them.

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mvaP TIL There is a device known as a derailer. It is used to intentionally derail trains that enter into unauthorized areas.
LQlLQ TIL that Apple's infamous "1984" ad for the Macintosh computer was secretly aired once on local television in Twin Falls, Idaho in December 1983, a month before its national premier during Super Bowl XVIII. This allowed it to qualify for the 1984 Clio advertising awards.
E14gp TIL CD/DVD data is contained in the plastic not the shiny part. The shiny part is just so the laser bounces back.
rPX4 TIL homeopaths without borders is an actual charity
nWJNG TIL that there's a North Korean school system in Japan, ranging from kindergarten to university, for ethnic Koreans who registered with the DPRK.