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TIL there is an adapter for a computer mouse to help people who have hand tremors use computers more easily.

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EnjV TIL The creator of Pringles was buried in a Pringles can.
1abe4 TIL of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitos. A third of cases (2/year) die, and many survivors suffer permanent brain damage. It was first recognized in MA in 1831 when it killed 75 horses.
VjaD TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman’s words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” Nike responded back saying “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”
0ZX1 TIL execution by mortar shell is a thing in North Korea
epAQ5 TIL about Cranberry/Gold Ruby glass, which is made by mixing miscible gold (sometimes tin as well) into molten glass. Furthermore, there's 1976 film "Heart of Glass" about it by Werner Herzog in which he hypnotized actors before most scenes in his endeavor to, quote, speak through them.