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TIL Omicron Persei is a real star about 1000 light years away from Earth

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D10yJ TIL Today 50 years ago the first message was sent over the ARPANET (Internet predecessor). The message being "LO", attempting to send "LOGIN" it crashed after the O.
JNGQ TIL The music industry is on deaths door in terms of sale
mxl6M TIL of Chen Sheng, a military captain who was ordered to lead 900 men to battle but realised he would not make it in time and that they would be executed. Instead he started a rebellion that led to the fall of the dynasty ruling at the time.
47MJ TIL That if the United States makes it past June 2019 without a recession this would be the longest time in American history
XgwP TIL after 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ, the US and South Korea sent 813 soldiers, 27 helicopters and nuclear-capable bombers to the DMZ to supervise the cutting down of the tree. North Korean soldiers watched in silence as the tree was cut down in 42 minutes.