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TIL that typewriter manufactures make models with transparent cases for use by inmates in US corrections institutions where computers are restricted.

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a8B5L TIL that Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, typed 313 books word for word to distribute them online free of cost. Today, the project has over 70.000 free eBooks.
GYGNG TIL that sharks have 7 senses. They have the same 5 that we have plus two more. One is used to detect vibrations and the other is used to detect electric fields.????
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