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TIL the steel shipping container is one of the most commonly underrated but significantly revolutionary inventions that has led to the creation of the modern global economy

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j6RoR TIL about Neil Harbisson, the world's first officially-recognized cyborg. He has an antenna surgically implanted into his skull through which he can receive information in the form of vibrations.
jN0bR TIL Robert Propst, inventor of modern day Cubicles in 1968, called them “monolithic insanity” before he died in 2000.
mxWbp TIL of Ski Valley at Sangre de Cristo in New Mexico, which has "Tree Martinis" to calm the nerves of the skiers heading down the mountain.
9w5W7 TIL there is a piece of moon rock in a space-themed stained glass window in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
e0Da4 TIL the arrow symbol (→) is a rather recent invention. The first arrow symbols were used sporadically in the 18th century and arrow symbols only became widely used in the late 19th century. Pointing hand symbols (☞) were used for centuries before the arrow symbol was invented.