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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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6BDJ TIL A virtually indestructible soccer ball that requires no pump and never punctures has been created to serve children in poor communities or refugee camps.
rd TIL: The Rush song “YYZ” is called that because the intro rhythm corresponds to the morse code for the Toronto airport code (YYZ)
GAJVJ TIL Potatoes are not indigenous to Ireland. They were cultivated by the Incas circa 8000 BC and first brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.
WkdaL TIL Qatar has the highest human sex ratio between 25-54 years old, with 4.91 males per female
neeQB Shopkeeper removing the word, ‘Italian’ from the sign above his restaurant in Soho, London during WW II, after anti-Italian riots throughout Britain.