TIL that Amazon patented a wristband in 2018 that was designed to track warehouse workers’ hand movements in real time and direct them via vibrations.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 02:00PM by WDBRL
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the Guardian
Amazon patents wristband that tracks warehouse workers' movements
Bracelet, which can vibrate to point an employee’s hand in the right direction, would further increase surveillance of work environment
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TIL that the original iPhone that Steve Jobs famously showed on stage in 2007 barely worked and could only just get through the keynote. A stable, final version of the iPhone was not developed until just weeks before global release.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 06:27PM by E26-1
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TIL that Dolly the Sheep was NOT the first cloned animal. Scientists had been cloning amphibians like frogs since the 1950s, 40 years before Dolly was born.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 06:08PM by E26-1
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TIL that over third of people who called the Massachusetts Problem Gambling Hotline in 2023 were calling because they were having a technical problem with their betting apps and mistakenly believed that calling the Mass hotline would get them IT help.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 06:51PM by RareXG
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10 Boston
More are calling the Mass. problem gambling helpline — some for IT help
The state’s problem gambling helpline saw a big jump in calls in the months after Massachusetts launched legal sports betting last year, but a public health official said Wednesday that most of that increase was due to calls from bettors mistakenly thinking…
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TIL that Hot Wheels and Matchbox — the two biggest rival toy car brands — are actually both owned by Mattel.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 06:45PM by FarBug5656
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Mattel
Our Brand Portfolio | Mattel, Inc.
Explore our world class portfolio of children’s and family entertainment franchises.
TIL that older men are more likely to pass harmful mutations to their children, due to "selfish sperm," study finds.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 06:36PM by Automatic_Subject463
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Blogging Scheme
Older men are more likely to pass harmful mutations to their children, study finds
Older fathers pass harmful genetic mutations to their children at alarming rates, and scientists have just discovered why.
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TIL that the original pilot for “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (which later became “Charlie Has Cancer”) was shot on handheld camcorders on a budget of $200, though Charlie Day has since claimed it was essentially filmed for free. The show was later picked up by FX and has aired for 2 decades.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 07:27PM by altrightobserver
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TIL the 2015 short "Kung Fury" had a full-length theatrical sequel that included Michael Fassbender and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It finished filming in 2019 but has been stuck in post-production ever since.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 09:17PM by LonePaladin
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TIL In 1651, Jan De Doot, a man who disliked surgeons decided to take a knife and remove his own bladder stone with just some help from his brother. The feat made him famous across the Netherlands and he even had his portrait painted with him holding the egg-sized stone, which he had coated in gold
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 09:23PM by Nero2t2
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TIL that in the U.S., most paper money lasts less than 7 years before being destroyed and replaced due to wear.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 09:05PM by One_Needleworker5218
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
How long is the lifespan of U.S. paper money?
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
TIL There is a fatal disease called Kuru that causes uncontrollable laughing and is transmitted through ritual cannibalism.
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 11:37PM by rollin_with_Vikings
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NCBI Bookshelf
Kuru
Kuru is the prototype human prion disease first reported in publications by Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek and Vincent Zigas in 1957 in the Fore tribes of Papua New Guinea. The word “kuru” means to tremble due to fever or cold.[1][2] It is a non-inflammatory n…
TIL there is a still (somewhat) active mafia group based in Kansas City
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Submitted March 2, 2026 at 09:04PM by IndependentMacaroon
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TIL: "Working cats" programs help unadoptable cats live a productive life as mousers
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Submitted March 3, 2026 at 12:03AM by toybuilder
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kittybungalow
Kitty Bungalow-Charm School for Wayward Cats | Working Cat
Los Angeles' only 100% feral cat rescue, socialization & adoption facility. In one of our most innovative programs we save feral cats by putting them to work.
TIL that before becoming an actor, Danny DeVito worked as a cosmetologist for dead bodies at a morgue, styling the hair of the deceased. He began this after a client of his died where he worked as a beautician at his sister's salon, and her family asked him to do her hair for her funeral.
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Submitted March 3, 2026 at 02:14AM by altrightobserver
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TIL the “Democracy Manifest” meme guy was a prison escape artist and was involved in a love triangle between his wife and “Australia’s Charles Manson,” the latter of whom killed his wife
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Submitted March 3, 2026 at 12:21AM by Jackson_Lamb_829
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the Guardian
Jack Karlson funeral: wisecracks and tears as Brisbane sends enigmatic criminal off to ‘succulent Chinese meal’ in the sky
Crowd at funeral pays tribute to enigmatic criminal who enshrined himself in Australian folklore with ‘democracy manifest’ meme