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TIL mothers hid creepily in Victorian photos in order to hold their babies still

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grXlL TIL in 1951, a Californian engineer designed a unique system to transport water to the southern deserts, using 400 artificial geysers that would throw water in an arc at 400 miles per hour through the air to be caught by a funnel at the next geyser.
Brroe TIL that EA tried to buy Valve for $1 billion
BEDL TIL A Private Collector Paid 1.5million for Marilyn Monroe Sex Tape, to keep it a secret
J1Jrj TIL about Eternal September: How a 1993 AOL promotion led to year-round influxes of new users, a phenomenon that previously only occurred each September with new computer science students.
kWGe TIL Several test pilots were once awarded astronaut wings despite not being in a space program. They managed to exceed 50 miles in altitude or more while attempting to break the world speed record in an X-15 test aircraft. They even managed to break Mach 4, 5, and 6…at up to 67 miles above earth.