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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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WBWd TIL Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were with John Belushi on the night of his death
R5Jn1 TIL that in 2022, more than 573,000 candidates appeared for India’s Civil Services Exam, One of the toughest exam , qualifies fewer than 1000 with a success rate of just 0.078%.
QJb4k TIL steppe eagle named Min was set out with SMS tracker attached by Russian researchers. Little did they know Min, a globetrotting eagle appeared in Iran and sent hundreds of texts with roaming rates that bankrupt scientific study.
XEVa6 TIL South Korean President Park Chung Hee had good relations with Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek. Invited by Chiang, Park Chung-hee visited Taiwan in the 1960s. Many high-school students were mobilized to welcome him wherever he went just to boost his ego
9YmLM TIL that while chicken is the most slaughtered animal in the world, the #2 spot is held by ducks. Rabbits are #4 and Cattle is all the way in ninth place.