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TIL that the first computer mouse was made of wood? It was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1963 and was called an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System."

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VMw74 TIL bees can be blue. Xylocopa caerulea, the blue carpenter bee, is non-aggressive and semi-solitary. They do not build hives like honeybees but instead prefer to live inside dead wood. They live in Southeast Asia, India and Southern China.
16lG4 TIL that Nike's slogan, Just Do It, actually originated from Joseph Smith, the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
W70Vd TIL There are insurance companies that offer abuse and molestation insurance for churches.
x89b TIL that you can “bank” your baby or wisdom teeth and possibly use them for stem cell and bone marrow transplants in the future.
YpBPv TIL Stevie Nicks wrote Stand Back while listening to Prince’s Little Red Corvette. Because Stevie wrote Stand Back using the exact music for Little Red Corvette, she called Prince to tell him about the song, and he showed up at her studio 25 minutes later to record the synthesizers for it.