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TIL: Gypsy is actually short for Egyptian.
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TIL During the Truman reconstruction of the White House, a souvenir program was authorized. It allowed members of the public to order old pieces of the building such as timbers, bricks, facing stones, and paneling. Demand exceeded initial expectations and receipts exceeded expenses by $10,000.
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TIL that in 1990 a wrongly-installed windscreen on BA Flight 5390 fell out, causing the plane’s cockpit to decompress and its captain to be pulled halfway out of the aircraft at over 17,000 feet. The crew held on to the captain’s body fearing it get sucked into the engine. The captain survived.
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TIL Albrecht II of Bayreuth, a famously cruel ruler once picked a random man from a crowd and ordered him to perform an execution. Due to the severe social stigma attached to executioners he couldn't return to his job as a woodcutter,he was condemned to carry on as an executioner and so was his son
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TIL about the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), which has been around since 1958. With over 215 members from 70 nations, and it promotes the protection of international telecommunications and power submarine cables from human and natural hazards
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TIL The word “Minute” comes from “the first MINUTE (small) division of an hour”. The word “Second” comes from “the SECOND minute division of an hour”.