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TIL about Juicero, a company that made a $699 juicer requiring Wi-Fi, an app, and QR-coded produce packs that had to be scanned and verified before juicing. Journalists found that the packs were easily squeezeable by hand, yielding the same results as the juicer. The company shut down shortly after.

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R5YaQ TIL the longest hole-in-one in PGA Tour history came in 2001, when Andrew Magee made a 332-yard ace at TPC Scottsdale. It remains the only par-4 ace ever recorded on Tour. The ball actually bounced off another player’s putter on the green before dropping in the cup.
7r1b7 TIL that in 1965, 21 yr old Al Kooper bluffed his way into the studio where Bob Dylan was recording Highway 61 Revisited. Although he didn't know how to play the Hammond organ or even turn it on, his improvised intro & off the beat riffs became the signature groove & sound of "Like A Rolling Stone".
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