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TIL that an unplugged microwave carries enough residual current to kill you, even if it's been unplugged for months. So never try to repair a broken microwave unless you know how to discharge the capacitor.

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8D6Z TIL Henry Ford spied on his employees at home to ensure they were living virtuously.
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M9EA TIL that North Korea had a show called “Let’s trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle”
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4X9Bo TIL of the Mother of All demos given by Doug Engelbart. The demo talked about all the possibilities of modern computing. A year later the first link on what would be the internet connected UCLA and Stanford.