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TIL The first issue of National Geographic in 1888 didn't have a single photograph and included highly technical articles such as "The Classification of Geographic Forms by Genesis"

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QJkdk TIL The WWII era B-29 bomber didn't require fighter escorts because it had a computer aided gunnery systems that allowed incredible firing accuracy against attackers. One B-29 was attacked by 79 fighters at once, but was able to fight them off and down 7 of them in the process.
oRmoL TIL Enigma's 1994 global megahit "Return To Innocence", plagiarized the polyphonic Amis language vocals of Difang and Igay Duana, indigenous people of Taiwan. They sued and Enigma settled for an undisclosed amount, acknowledging their writing and performing, and paying royalties going forward.
wLG8o TIL scientist Henry Cavendish suffered from extreme shyness “bordering on disease”. He discovered several laws not attributed to him because of this shyness. Had secret staircases in his home to avoid his housekeeper -females caused him “extreme distress” and devised a note system to talk to her.
856K TIL: that the human stomach has more nerve endings than the spinal cord, giving a bit more meaning to gut feeling.
p61A TIL that in Russia, some rich people hire “ambulance taxis” to beat Moscow’s traffic jams