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TIL that Freddie Mercury approved the Wayne's World Bohemian Rhapsody scene just before his death

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e0Y55 TIL Poland broke Enigma over six years before WWII started and had built machines to automate it by 1938, long before Alan Turing improved the design.
Y7e9r TIL Thermal paper, often used for printing receipts, contains a coating that changes color when heated, creating the printed text.
ADDOo TIL that Sweet Tarts are just compressed Pixy Stix powder and pouring Pixy Stix into your water like Kool-Aid isn’t that strange. AND Fun-Dip is just Pixy Stix with a candy dip stick. Shouldn’t be this surprised. Just never really thought it but Wanka is a lot like Taco Bell.
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