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TIL: That there is internet via Amateur Radio!

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ZpdZa TIL that in 2013 while promoting a new album, Katy Perry, when asked what was in her purse by a fan, said that it used to have locks of hair from Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga in it, that she got while sharing a dressing room at the Grammys with them. She also put little bows on each lock of hair.
VBYJG TIL that reserve parachutes are packed by a FAA certified rigger who goes through a deliberate step-by-step process which can take over an hour.
WkPp4 TIL Mars, Inc, maker of M&Ms and Snickers, is also America’s largest veterinary provider. Since 2007, the corporation has bought many animal hospital and laboratory networks, now employing over 9% of all U.S. veterinarians.
pYAP8 TIL the first Scram button on a nuclear reactor had its origins in 1942 where an actual control rod tied to a rope with a man with an axe stood next to it; cutting the rope would mean the rods would fall by gravity into the reactor core, shutting the reactor down.
loERB TIL about David Bamberger, a former fried chicken tycoon turned rancher that bought and restored 5,500 acres of the most badly damaged, overgrazed land in all of Texas, restored it completely and transformed it into a showpiece for environmental restoration.