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TIL American painter Tyree Callahan converted an old typewriter from the 1930s into a machine that prints colors instead of letters; from this he has typed out a series of colorful landscape paintings

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nwjG TIL a Harvard business school professor in Boston threatened to sue a Chinese restaurant, because the prices on their website were out of date. He was over charged a total of $4.
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8e0eK TIL: The Środa Treasure hoard was discovered in 1985 while building the foundation of a phone booth. The government seized 3000 coins. Years later, a bigger find was uncovered, however this time most of the find was taken before the authorities arrived. A criminal investigation was launched.