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TIL the line on the side of ships called the plimsoll line is named after the MP Samuel Plimsoll

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WkmeN TIL about Project GUNMAN, the discovery of primitive keylogging technology installed by the KGB into the IBM Selectric typewriters used in the US Embassy in Moscow, enabling the Soviets to steal US secrets for eight years.
yQe0V TIL the woman who holds the record for the most summits of Mount Everest (9) is a single mother who works as a dishwasher at Whole Foods in Connecticut.
4kvPw TIL an Italian singer (Adriano Celentano) released a song that was intended to sound to Italian audiences as if it was in English but was actually gibberish.
p88oN TIL Japanese train drivers must point at all important signs and warnings, this shows that they have noticed it and are aware of it.
JYG4j TIL That the 1960's Civil Rights Leaders Intensely Trained With Role Playing and Drills Because "Non-Violence is not a normal human reaction"