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TIL that CERN invented HTML.

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5oJr TIL “channel drift” is a term used to describe when a TV channel loses it’s original purpose. (The Learning Channel showing Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
J1VA1 TIL about KMBC-TV news anchor Christine Craft who was removed from the anchor position in August 1981 after a focus group had determined she was "too old, too unattractive and wouldn't defer to men." Craft filed a Title VII lawsuit against Metromedia in which she won but later overturned on appeal.
9YMYX TIL in 1948 psychologist Bertram Forer gave a personality test to 39 students and provided the results one week later. The class gave the results' accuracy a rating of 4.3 out of 5. The results Forer provided to every student was exactly the same sketch, all gathered from a newsstand astrology book.
gMlRX TIL from 1983-85, there was a huge crash in the Video games industry. Market saturation was a factor, with too many competing consoles & games. Revenues went from $3.2 billion to $100 million, a 97% drop. Despite NES’s later success, the crash ended the 80’s generation of console gaming in the US.
gKGb TIL Elvis Presley’s daughter has been married to both Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage