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OK1L TIL the world’s longest-running laboratory experiment “demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats.” In 1930 pitch was left in a glass funnel to drip out and has only dropped 9 times: about once every 10 years.
dDZM7 TIL the Quantel Paintbox is a computer released in 1981 that revolutionized the production of television graphics. The initial list price was a quarter of a million dollars.
xy1g TIL that Kalmykia, a republic of Russia, is the only Buddhist-majority region in Europe.
8abnG TIL: Unknown song, unofficially called "Egyptian Wife", does anyone know the official title and author?
NXERb TIL that yesterday was Napoleon Bonaparte’s Birthday