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TIL that the idea to start Nvidia happened in a Dennys

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ep5m6 TIL that in the early 1900s, there was a movement to simplify English into a phonetic language (where each letter represents one sound)
78JPX TIL on January 25, 1979, Robert Williams became the first known robot fatality.
ngj9 TIL that during World War II a Dutch minesweeper evaded the Japanese for eight days disguised as an island. The crew covered the decks in cut trees and painted exposed surfaces to look like rocks. They moved only at night and anchored closed to shore by day, eventually escaping to Australia.
E18OX TIL Schools of Clownfish have a hierarchy with a female at the top. When the top female dies, the most dominant male changes sex (from male to female and takes her place.
VMl44 TIL that for years, scientists didn't know what caused mysterious cave networks in South America. In 2010, they learned that the caves were actually tunnels dug by ancient giant sloths.