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TIL the alibi Hermes provided after stealing 50 of Apollo's cattle: he WAS born yesterday and couldn't know what cattle were. When required to return the remaining unsacrificed cattle to Apollo, he distracted him by playing the lyre, and traded it for Apollo's cattle and position as divine herdsman

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4XRWN TIL about John Draper. He used the whistles found in Cap'n Crunch cereal boxes in the 1960's to bypass phone systems and place free long-distance calls as they played at 2600 Hzs—the perfect tone to commandeer a phone line. His work inspired the founders of Apple.
5V51p TIL about Alan Magee, "the Miracle of Saint Nazaire"a B17 gunner who fell approximately 20,000 feet without a parachute, and survived crashing through the skylight at the railway station in Saint Nazaire (France). He survived the war as a POW, and lived until 2003.
VB7ok TIL the highest revenue Panda Express location in the world is located in a mall food court in Honolulu, Hawaii.
R5Wxa TIL in 1977 singer Bonnie Tyler had an operation to remove vocal cord nodules and was told to rest her voice for six weeks. One day she screamed in frustration causing permanent vocal damage. This lead to her distinctive husky voice which has been a huge asset in her career.
X0EO8 TIL American Express once ran a promotion of $10 back on any purchase. Stores had rows of credit card machines lined up, with some people swiping dozens of cards to earn hundreds in cash back