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TIL that Compaq released a convertible touch screen laptop with a detachable keyboard... in 1993

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rDyy TIL about the Integral Fast Reactor, a nuclear reactor that is fully sealed and will not require refueling until the end of plant life. It is also meltdown-proof, and can reuse its fuel many times by reprocessing fuel using robotic arms sealed with the reactor. None exist today because of politics.
loN9G TIL of Canadian football, a very similar sport to American football only practiced in Canada; the championship game is a huge sports event there
dDjjB TIL the official demonym for someone from the state of Indiana is “Hoosier”.
VBGMk TIL Joseph Goebbels seriously considered becoming a Catholic priest. He was aided in his earlier studies by a scholarship from the Albertus Magnus Society; Mangus was a German Dominican friar and Catholic Saint
MewAB TIL the Greek question mark is nearly identical to the semicolon, to the point that its Unicode representation is, in practice, equivalent