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TIL of Radiofax, analogue mode for transmitting monochrome images via high frequency radio waves.

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pYdXp TIL that the National Zoo of North Korea has a parrot that squawks "Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il Sung" in English. The zoo also has a chimpanzee named Azalea that smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.
oP5L TIL GZA of Wu-Tang Clan is working on an album to teach science through Hip Hop. Oh yeah, Neil deGrasse Tyson is helping out.
BNWk TIL that William Shatner did all of the Priceline commercials for free, in exchange for stock in the company. He later made $600 millon dollars because of the deal.
ZQJQ TIL “the phobias that people with panic disorder develop do not come from fears of actual objects or events, but rather from fear of having another attack.”
V6xk TIL the term “Bus Factor” - The number of people in a company who need to be ‘run over by a bus’ to send the company into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed.