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Today I learned that General Mills, the cereal company, used to have an electronics division that, in 1953, created the “black box” found in today’s airplanes.

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dDwer TIL of "The Twinkie Defense" in the trial of Dan White, who shot Harvey Milk.The Defense claimed that White had suffered "diminished capacity" as a result of depression, a symptom from a change in diet to junk food. White was convicted of "Voluntary Manslaughter" rather than "First-Degree Murder"
gMdr8 TIL The Boxer Crab Holds a Sea Anemone in each of its claws and uses them as stinging boxing gloves.
y1M8 TIL that honey bees ejaculate so forcefully that their penises explode. This kills the honey bee.
m1WBv TIL about the "Tokyo Tower of Babel," a proposed 10 Kilometer tall tower that was designed to house up to 30 million people and was intended to be built in Tokyo Bay. If completed, it would have been the tallest structure in the world, but it remains an ambitious concept.
WZ6Y TIL That in the GTA universe the United States went to war with Australia.