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TIL That The Bing Crosby Laboratories and a research team funded by Crosby created the first videotape recorder (VTR).

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0L0R TIL due to ancient interactions between the Celts and the Vikings, an Atlantic Canadian dialect includes inhaling sharply to say “yes”.
OaMg TIL In 1893 an amendment was proposed to rename the US to the United States of Earth.
OGDD7 TIL about Faroppo Lorenzo. He was an Italian man who voluntarily buried himself alive for 7 days.
e6P6 TIL that during World War II in Australia, there was a dog whose hearing was so acute that it could warn airforce personnel of incoming Japanese planes 20 minutes before they arrived, and before they showed up on radar. “Gunner” could also differentiate the sounds of allied and enemy aircraft.
bEv7 TIL that a Canadian family concerned that they were too attached to technology decided to spend an entire year living like it was 1986 with no internet, cellphones or cable.