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1m7D TIL In 1994 IBM created and sold the Simon Personal Communicator, it was the first cellular phone to include telephone and PDA features in one device.
QJNme TIL that GSG 9, the elite German police unit, completed 1500 missions between 1972-2003, in which they only used their weapons five times
yrew TIL a Tortoise that died in Steve Irwin’s zoo at the age of 175, was once owned by Charles Darwin
EgQOo TIL after that near-default in 2011, the plunging stock market vaporized $2.4 trillion in household wealth, which took time to rebuild, and cost taxpayers billions in higher interest payments
bKKa TIL that Stockholm has a 20-story light up tower and the color of every floor can be changed by anyone with a smartphone. It’s meant to be a statement on the power of democracy and the the public.