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TIL that the first anti-hacking law was passed after President Reagan saw the movie War Games and asked his staff if this could happen. A week later the response was “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.”

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xrB1 TIL that throughout Alexander Graham Bell’s life, he fought against deaf people’s rights, worked at finding out why they married to stop them, called the deaf a “great calamity”, and even went so far as calling Sign Language “…contrary to the spirit and practice of America-…”
YMpB TIL manual gearboxes are lighter, cheaper, give better performance and fuel efficiency. They are the most common type everywhere besides North America and Australia.
b6re9 TIL workers at Gloucestershire Airport play Tina Turner songs at full volume to keep birds off of the runways.
QZBL TIL the average horse has 14.9 horsepower