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TIL that the first two toys to use electronic sound chips to make noise rather than an analogue recordings, Simon and the Speak & Spell, both got their hardware from graphic calculator maker Texas Instruments

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e00Zb TIL a "Lifetime Warranty" only covers an estimated lifespan of a product (which can just be a couple of months or years) and does not necessarily equal an actual human lifetime
gMBYL TIL Kate Bush has only toured once, the Tour of Life, which ran for six weeks in 1979. The BBC suggested that she may have quit touring due to a fear of flying, or because of the death of a lighting engineer, Bill Duffield, who was killed in an accident during a warmup concert.
RQDl TIL James Huberty called a mental health clinic, asking for an appointment. His politeness conveyed no urgency to the operator and his call was logged as a “non-crisis” inquiry, to be handled within 2 days. The next day he committed of the worst killing sprees in America.
mxnRp TIL: all raindrops have a speck of dirt inside them. Raindrops can only form when they have something to condense on to, thus the need for a particle of dirt.
OoeeL TIL: Dildo, unincorporated town in Newfoundland, Canada, population 1,198. “In the 20th century there were several campaigns to change the name, though all failed”