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TIL 18-year-old Joshua Browder created a ‘robot lawyer’ that allows people to get free, custom-generated legal documents to appeal their wrongly issued parking fines. It’s estimated that his service has already saved users $3 million.

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nWNLW TIL that George Curzon, the future Viceroy of India, had a wealthy but miserable childhood which included a demented freak of a governess who made him wear a hat with cruel and hateful insults written on it in public.
1aYe8 TIL the first computer password was stolen in 1961 by a PhD candidate named named Allan Scherr. He stole it from his colleague, Fernando Corbató, who invented computer passwords in 1960. Scherr stole the password because he wanted more time on the computer.
JXEj TIL that scientists are working on bioluminescent trees. By merging the light producing compound found in jellyfish with plants, the team envisions illuminating city streets with trees that glow at night.
wLK7P TIL New Zealands first tank (the Bob Semple tank) was built from a tractor, sheet metal and 6 machine guns. When ridiculed for the design Bob Semple said "I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas."
WLg9 TIL that Christopher Columbus correctly predicted an eclipse to trick the native inhabitants of Jamaica into giving him food and supplies…