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TIL printers embed tracking codes as hidden yellow dots on pages, revealing who printed what and when

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XEpaP TIL The King of Siam used to gift albino elephants to courtiers who displeased him, in order to ruin them with the upkeep costs — this is the supposed inspiration for the White Elephant Gift Exchange.
0oDM TIL: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s epic Volvo split commercial was done in one shot… without practice.
1aJ6O TIL of Steve Comisar: a man who sold "solar powered clothes dryers" for $49.95 in national magazines. Unsuspecting customers would receive a length of clothes line.
aV4A TIL the word ‘Hipster’ was invented by Jack Smiley ;-) in 1941.It meant 'a know-it-all’.
awnvZ TIL that on February 25, 1991 28 US soldiers died when a previously reported software glitch in the Patriot Missile system’s clock prevented it from shooting down an Iraqi SCUD missile. A software patch to fix it was released on the following day.