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TIL of the "Brand Killer" an augmented reality headset that detects and blocks ads.

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0wD5M TIL that "Mac" in Gaelic family names originally meant son and "O' " meant grandson
grvX8 TIL that the Ersu Shaba script—used to write the Ersu language of Sichuan, China—makes distinction between glyphs written in different colors. For example, the glyph "starts and moon" means "dim" when written in black, and shining when written in white.
b9k9E TIL that when the USS Susan B. Anthony sank in 1944, after it was hit by a mine off the coast of Normandy, all 2,689 people aboard were saved. According to the Guinness world book of Records, this is the largest rescue of people without loss of life.
6g8m TIL that Vincent van Gogh painted “Starry Night” from his room at Saint-Paul Asylum, where he self committed himself for mental illness.
8aj5V TIL 1963 film Charade was accidentally released into the public domain when the filmmakers neglected to add copyright text/symbol when published