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a8Evy TIL that the reason printers refuse to print without yellow ink is because they print a Machine Identification Code on every page, leaving a unique microscopic pattern of yellow dots that say what the serial number and model of the printer is, allowing the documents to be traced back to the owner.
X0anR TIL that Leonardo da Vinci’s private life has sparked centuries of speculation about his sexuality, with Sigmund Freud analyzing his desires in Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood and Walter Isaacson suggesting he had homosexual relationships with male pupils.
Zd0v TIL: Redd Foxx died of an actual heart attack in 1991 on set, nobody helped him because everyone thought it was all part of the fake heart attack act he was famous for.
0wNEA TIL Starbucks wasted millions of litres of water by letting their taps run all day and banning their employees from turning taps off
Mn7b TIL in Paris in 1778 lightning rods were the height of fashion, being included in hats, umbrellas and the like.