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TIL that 10 years ago a 1GB SD card was $500

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rNkZo TIL the word "Brunch" was coined in 1895 by someone writing an essay for a magazine.
QJd8p TIL that David Mech, who came up with the concept of the alpha wolf, later rejected the notion and now teaches against it.
wLnbM TIL in 1979, deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The new Sandinista government opened the first school for the deaf, bringing large numbers of deaf children together for the 1st time. Nicaraguan Sign Language is the only language created to have been recorded from its birth.
4kV1g TIL since its premiere in 1987 the show Unsolved Mysteries has helped locate half of the wanted fugitives it has featured, reunited over 100 lost loves and freed 7 prisoners who were wrongfully convicted. An additional 260+ cases involving murder, missing persons and fraud have also been solved.