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TIL that on this day (September 16) in 1959, the Xerox 914 copier was introduced to the public in a demonstration at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York, shown on live television, and subsequently revolutionized the industry and office work forever.

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XEJrr Today I learned that the last Rosie the Riveter was involuntarily laid off from her job at the age of 95 in 2014.
LkwOr TIL about the self-mummification practice of "sokushinjōbutsu" meaning "attaining Buddhahood in the flesh". The monks performed extreme "tree-eating", cold-water ablutions, exposure to freezing temperatures, etc. to become a Buddha in the flesh. This would result in mummification after 10 years.
5P8p TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.
1DaV TIL that the year on bottles of wine is the year the grapes were picked, not the year the wine was bottled.
OajX TIL Steven Russell walked out of a Texas jail 4 different times without holding any hostages or brandishing any weapon, is serving 119 years just for those escapes (144 years total) and is under solitary confinement 23 hours a day.