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TIL that in the 80s the famous computer scientist & futurist Ray Kurzweil, created the 1rst electronic music keyboard to replicate the sound of a grand piano and many other instruments.

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Z8R1B TIL: the 2020 Bentley Continental GT has 92 computers and 2300 electrical circuits controlling 100,000,000 lines of software code; 15 times more than a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
R649 TIL Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was able to view his obituary before he died due to a news-outlet mishap. Due to all the horrible things he read about himself, including being called “the merchant of death”, he decided to dedicate his fortune to the creation of the Nobel Prize.
pYYRb TIL that, as of a couple of days ago, Queen Elizabeth II is the second longest-reigning monarch in known history
gQA9 TIL a computer program that analyses linguistics outed J.K. Rowling as the author of “The Cuckoo’s Calling”, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
BgpBx TIL that of the 9 murders that have occurred on the Appalachian Trail since 1974, a third were lesbians