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Today I learned that a schoolteacher called Angela Ruiz Robles invented the precursor to the e-book in 1948

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R7YO9 TIL Until it became independent in 1991, Belarus, formerly known as Belorussia or White Russia, was the smallest of the three Slavic republics included in the Soviet Union. The territory that is now Belarus underwent partition and changed hands repeatedly
GApxE TIL that in ancient Rome, there was a vending machine that dispensed holy water. Pilgrims would insert a coin and receive a measured amount of sacred water. It was one of the earliest recorded examples of a coin-operated machine!
yyPe TIL there are now twice as many people enslaved in the world as there were in the 350 years of the transatlantic slave trade.
KOnJ9 TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow marketed jade eggs for women to insert into their vaginas, and got sued for false claims and misleading information
BYEb TIL that Adam Devine (Workaholics, Pitch Perfect) credits being hit by a cement truck and confined to a wheelchair for ages 11-13 as being the reason he went into comedy.