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TIL: ALOHAnet was the first computer network in the world to use randomized packet access to a shared medium and heavily influenced the development of modern protocols such as ethernet

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PYEZw TIL a French man was able to successfully impersonate an American family’s lost son for 3 and a half months before being caught and deported back to France.
oBNrR TIL: In the '60s a researcher put 3 men who believed themselves to be Jesus in a support group together, and all three ended up believing the others were wrong and they were still Jesus and the others were robots after much arguing over their divinity
4X5rR TIL Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, ran and won his campaign from prison. Once elected president, he released himself.
pGxG TIL that the voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse are married in real life.
wLvbP TIL of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, known for the mysterious disappearances of its keepers in 1900. The entrance gate to the compound and the main door were both closed, beds were unmade, and the clock was stopped. The set of oilskins found suggested one of the keepers had left without the others.