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TIL That Sony Created an OS to Turn Any Older PS2 Into a Desktop Computer In 2002

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vMeR TIL that when a school shooter killed 5 amish girls at an amish school, the amish community responded by starting a charity fund for the family of the shooter.
OobR TIL that a man who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ led a rebellion that led to the deaths of over 20 million people (at least 3 million more than the death toll of World War I)
4X8N TIL a man submitted a patent in 1979 that almost perfectly resembles an iPod. He even went as far as predicting a need for DRM and a way to distribute the music.
vxlr TIL that The Beatles stopped touring partly because their speakers could no longer compete with their fans’ screams.
O0RX TIL when Stanley Kubrick took over the production of Spartacus cinematographer Russell Metty complained to producers that Kubrick was taking over his job. Kubrick’s response was to tell him to sit there and do nothing. Metty complied, and was awarded the Academy Award for his cinematography.