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TIL CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

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pXKb TIL there are “nuclear divers”, or people who dive into nuclear power plant cooling systems to perform maintenance on them.
epNJ5 TIL that the Finnish children’s book Hippu (1967) became so popular in Japan that its author, Oili Tanninen, wrote four sequels—exclusively in Japanese—for publisher Kodansha. Strangely, these books were never translated into Finnish until 2021.
aw649 TIL Black GIs coming to wartime Britain found a relatively liberal attitude to segregation. They still weren't allowed to mix with American whites, but had no restriction on mixing with British whites.
0wZVy TIL that during a special premiere of the James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough" that was held at the MI6 building in London, MI6 staff cheered when their building was destroyed in the film.
x6g1B TIL that Ash Ketchum’s name is a play on from gotta catch em all