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TIL in 2012 a charity dropped off boxes in a remote African village containing Xoom tablets with no instructions. Within 4 minutes a child turned one on. Within 5 days, kids were using 47 apps per child, per day. Within 2 weeks they were singing ABC songs. Within 5 months they had hacked Android.

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e1JE TIL that Catalina Island (a small island of the coast of L.A.) has non-native buffalo that were brought over for a silent film after the movie was over they left the buffalo and after nearly a century the population has grown to 150.
XE4Yk TIL of the "Petticoat duel"; in 1792, Lady Almeria Braddock challenged Mrs. Elphinstone to a duel in London's Hyde Park over remarks the latter made about the former's true age; they duelled with pistols, then with swords, until Mrs. E agreed to write Lady A an apology.
Y7LLZ TIL that J Bruce Ismay spent the rest of his life after The Titanic, in raising money for sailors, donating over a million pounds in today’s terms of his own money.
Mg7m TIL That despite early concerns, the Human Genome Project finished 2 years ahead of schedule and $400 million under budget.
d8RQQ TIL that for chicken to qualify as “Free Range” chicken farms only need to let them outside for a minimum of 5 minutes