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TIL Japan had machines that can type thousands of different letters using just one key

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MevXa TIL that every year, a regatta is held in Alice Springs. Due to the lack of water in Central Australia, contestants have to carry bottomless "boats" trough a dried-out river. When the river did carry water in 1993, the regatta became "the only regatta ever cancelled because of wet weather".
4kva TIL 18 year old Aaron Deveau of Haverhill, MA was found guilty for motor vehicle homicide by texting, June 2012. Possibly the first in the United States. Sentenced 2 years in prison and loss of his license for 15 years.
g56b TIL that The Hobbit (1977) and The Last Unicorn (1982) were animated by Topcraft Studio, which eventually dissolved and became Studio Ghibli.
m1OPE TIL the MLB uses an average of 84-120 balls per game, equating to approximately 900k per season, to the tune of around $10M.
eEA6 TIL that 86.8% of Pit Bulls pass a temperament test - better than Collies, Golden Retrievers and Beagles