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TIL of a research which states that speed-watching of online materials positively impacts the comprehension of those materials.

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N5M8 TIL that in 1864, Karl Marx wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln to congratulate him on being re-elected and for fighting the “American Antislavery War”.
QNEwk TIL the classic pink flamingo lawn ornament, commissioned by New England Plastics Co. and designed by Don Featherstone in 1957, outnumbered real flamingos 7-to-1 by 1993.
e00jn TIL USA military basic pay ranges from about $1,500 to over $19,000 per month (.pdf report)
6EEDY TIL the revolutionary Sega Model 2 arcade system used 3D texture mapping directly licensed from Lockheed Martin, which had developed the technology for use in military flight simulators
KYDME TIL that Turkey did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1926.