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TIL The Last VCRS were produced in July of 2016
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TIL In 1971 Michael S. Hart created the first eBook by typing the United States Declaration of Independence into a Xerox Sigma V mainframe computer at the University of Illinois. Soon after he transmitted the text to other users on the mainframe’s network.
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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. received a C in public speaking.
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TIL the word 'sardonic' may originate from a ritual of killing old people while laughing
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TIL if you had sea monkeys in the 90’s, that purchase helped fund the Aryan Nation purchase themselves telescoping batons!
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TIL that DFIA (prev. Munchausen by proxy) is one of the most lethal forms of child abuse, with a 6-10% child mortality rate; 25% of siblings of FDIA child victims were also found to be deceased. The only known treatment is separating child from the abusive caregiver, and caregivers rarely improve.