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TIL that the Kindle Paperwhite can invert the colours on your screen (black background with white text)

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WkGy8 TIL Karl Marx was a savvy stock investor
GYArG TIL there was a cult that formed around the same time as Christianity which worshipped the emperor Hadrian's young gay lover Antinous, believing the boy was resurrected as Osiris after he'd drowned in the Nile.
N78RP TIL the oldest known "Yo Mama" joke was found on a 3500 y.o. broken tablet in Iraq. And is missing the punchline.
J1g8j TIL there are still US companies that produce uranium glass items today. It is not nearly as rare as people think it is, with approximately 4.1 million pieces still in circulation. For comparison, a working Playstation 1 is rarer.
nedd7 TIL that on Dec. 3, 1965 Keith Richards nearly died when his guitar touched a microphone stand, sending a massive electrical surge through his body and a flame out of the microphone. It is speculated that he survived only because of the thick soles of his suede Hush Puppies.