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TiL: Emerson Romero Was Pioneer Of Closed Captioning!!!

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4lGo TIL 1989 Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke gave a speech allowing Chinese People to come to Australia following the Tiananmen Square Massacre, without telling the Australian government.
oRxkL TIL NBA teammates David Robinson and Tim Duncan were nicknamed the “Twin Towers” due to their height. That nickname ended in 2001 even though they remained teammates until 2003.
kOJXe TIL the Rolling-Right-Turn on red is the number one cause of car accidents in the US
kJ5n5 TIL that whales have earwax and it's used to determine a whale's age.
g0b8 TIL that “Greek fire” was an effective incendiary weapon used by the Romans, which could not be put out by water. It was often used in naval battles, where it was fired via pressurised nozzles. The secrets of its production were closely guarded, and its composition remains unknown today.