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TIL Westinghouse acquired CBS in 1994, sold most of its own non media business, then renamed itself CBS in 1997

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b969N TIL "Black" Agnes of Dunbar defended her husband's castle against 20,000 English soldiers during a 5 month siege that cost nearly 6,000 pounds
lopyK TIL that python 3 rounds 16.5 to 16 which is mathematical rounding. This feels quite counterintuitive when you have learned bankers rounding early in school. Bankers rounding is apperently biased towards the bigger number so mathematical rounding makes more sense for greater amounts of data.
5YP7B TIL in 1999, a Las Vegas couple were unable to come to a decision on how to split up their Beanie Baby collection during their divorce settlement. A judge ordered them to dump their collection on the floor of the court and take turns picking them one-by-one.
695mm TIL there is a galaxy orbiting and crossing our own galaxy. Basically we have a dwarf galaxy in our galaxy.
DQL1v TIL that in 1963, a cat named Félicette became the first (and only) cat to be sent into space. Unlike other animals, she safely returned to Earth after helping gather crucial data for scientists.