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a8rdo TIL the first email was sent in 1971, almost two decades before the World Wide Web existed
4kKBw TIL that the inhabitants of Sri Lanka repelled two Malay invasions during the 13th century
P1kvO TIL that people who attempted suicide are at a higher risk of dying from a cardiovascular disease
b6PW4 TIL that Xerox and Canon developed a digital watermark which color laser printers produce on every page that identifies the specific printer that was used to print the document in case it is used in a crime.
5YerD TIL during WWII an American plane was shot down on the Japanese island of Chi Chi Jama. There were nine men on board, eight of whom were captured, tortured, beheaded, and eaten. The only one to evade capture had ditched his plane further from the island than the others. He name was George HW Bush.