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TIL IBM sold a smartphone with a touchscreen display input that could send emails and run third party apps in 1994

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e0yBJ TIL that in 1988, to demonstrate that channeling was a bogus practice, magician James Randi recruited José Alvarez, who pretended to channel a 2,000 year old spirit named Carlos, traveling the world and living like a celebrity. Alvarez continued the charade for years after 60 Minutes exposed them.
KV4a TIL that an estimated 100 African elephants are killed each day by poachers
9wdYr TIL Myxomatosis was a man made disease which accidentally decimated the rabbit population in u.k and France and then was deliberately introduced into other countries like Australia.
QNMnd TIL the Sargasso Sea, located entirely in the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary on the planet.
VMP8D TIL that there are annual pilgrimages to Central Oregon, USA to visit the last Blockbuster video store in the world.