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TIL: In 1908, Tesla predicted the Internet but with all our devices using wireless electricity to boot.

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d8OG7 TIL Ronald Reagan appointed the first female supreme Court justice as promised in his campaign - Sandra Day O'Connor
4XwXb TIL: The Golden Gate Bridge's famed color, "International Orange" selected by architect Irving Morrow for aesthetics and for visibility in fog, won out over the US Navy's preferred color scheme. The Navy wanted it black with yellow safety stripes --the better for ships to see it.
0wWmv TIL that in 1919 James Cowan Smith donated £55,000 to the National Gallery of Scotland on the condition that a picture of his dog Callum be on display permanently in the Gallery. It still is to this day.
4kP9w TIL Rockstar hired a PR firm to stir outrage when launching GTA in the '90s, targeting right-wing newspapers to ensure moral backlash. The negative press made the game controversial and therefore popular, driving it to early success.
R7D14 TIL about Ethan Couch, a man who killed 4 people in a drunk driving accident in 2013. His punishment, after fleeing to Mexico and getting caught, was to wear an ankle bracelet and adhere to a 9 PM curfew. In May 2019, a Judge removed his ankle bracelet. He is now essentially a free man.