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TIL that the first eBook was created by Michael S. Hart in 1971, while he was a student at the University of Illinois. He typed the entire text of the Declaration of Independence onto a computer and made it available for others to download.

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W7ekA TIL It wasn't in Until the Indian Citizen Act (1924) that Native Americans had the right to vote
16GDD TIL: Airplanes take off and land into the wind. They takeoff into the wind to reduce the groundspeed required to lift and land into it to reduce groundspeed when landing.
Meryb Today I learned Jennifer Jason Leigh's father was an actor who was killed, along with two child actors, in a horrific helicopter accident while filming a Twilight Zone episode.
e0aXJ TIL in 1860s Missouri, “Snowflake” was a word used to describe people who were against the abolition of slavery.
R7V8Q TIL Hermann Goering's daughter has attempted to claim ownership of the art collections that the Nazi Leader stole during WW2. Her appeals have been rejected since the sixties.