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TIL Douglas Engelbart showed the world the first computer mouse in 1968 (and he never earned a penny from it)

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oZLL TIL that the Boo character in the Mario series is based on assistant director Takashi Tezuka’s sometimes ill-tempered wife; “it shrinks when Mario looks at it, but when Mario turns away, it will grow large and menacing”
WkAgB TIL than Hispanics paradoxically live longer lives than non-Hispanic White Americans despite having lower average income and education. Researchers have not been able to find out exactly why but they believe it has to do with either lower smoking rates, stronger family connections, or healthier food
ne1eb TIL in 1987 when an SR-71 Blackbird lost an engine while flying Mach 3 over the Baltic Sea, four Swedish jets prevented it from getting shot down by the Soviets. The mission was declassified 30 years later, and the four Swedish pilots that protected the Blackbird were awarded the US Air Medal
nelWr TIL Tinder, OKCupid, and Match.com are all owned by the same company
4XLyJ TIL in 2004, an R-rated director's cut of Daredevil was released, reincorporating 30 minutes, including a subplot involving a character played by Coolio, and it received critical acclaim from critics and was considered a massive improvement over the theatrical version