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TIL the University of Tokyo are developing a technology that allows tactile feedback from holograms

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e9MJ TIL after 27 years in the MLB, at age 46, Nolan Ryan’s final pitch clocked in at 89 mph. He had a lifetime winning percentage of .526, was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. Ryan also threw a record 7 no-hitters, 3 more than any pitcher.
vPwn8 TIL that in 2019 the NHS was using 10% of the world's pagers.
9Y5Rp TIL In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death
1Ko8 TIL H. L. Mencken when writing about the US Presidency predicted that “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
R7mPw TIL that Patrick Stewart invented photo negative casting so he could play Othello as he wasn't allowed to wear blackface