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TIL that IBM researchers made the first prototype of a credit card using magnetic tape and cardboard. That prototype sold at auction for over $20,000.

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oBr7W TIL in the critically-reviewed movie Eighth Grade, Apple pulled out from providing free laptops and phones to the film after the producers refused to remove a scene where an iPhone gets broken. The laptops and phones shown belong to the crew and the broken iPhone scene was kept in. (Audio 1:25:55)
1abb8 TIL that conditions in Louisiana's infamous "Parchman Farm" prison were so bad that in 1952 thirty six prisoners severed their own Achilles tendons out of despair
yQOpa TIL Jesus is the most mentioned person in the Quran even more then Muhammad
a8rEA TIL when the Lions visited Griffith Stadium in 1939, the Redskins won 31-7. Each trip to the D.C. area had the same result, a Washington win. The Redskins had a 17-point average margin of victory during their home streak over the Lions, who finally won at Washington in 2013 with a 27-20 victory.
M7N88 TIL DNA scientist James Watson's first interest was bird watching and he entered the University of Chicago at 15 under the gifted youngster program. He initially to become an ornithology curator but then he read Erwin Schrödinger's book: What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell