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TIL dodo birds were not dumb but friendly to people, and that is what led to their demise.

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Bgpwe TIL the most successful car heist in history was carried out by North Korea - they ordered 1000 Volvos from Sweden and simply did not pay them back
LkNL0 TIL In 1884 Jane Whyte, a 40-year-old mother of 8 was walking on the beach in Aberdeenshire when she saw the SS William Hope drifting towards rocks. She waded into the sea, caught a rope flung by the crew, wrapped it round her waist, dragged it back to shore, & created a lifeline saving 15 sailors
rR19o TIL the present-day Washington State was originally called "Columbia", but Congress forced the name change to "Washington" in honor of George Washington and to avoid confusion with the nation's capital, the District of Columbia
kODOd TIL of Desert Bus, a computer game who's aim was to drive from Tucson to Los Vegas, on real time. This made it an 8 hour trip with no scenery and attention had to be paid as the bus would veer right. One trip between the cities would get you one point.
KYkBa TIL EA Games holds 30+ patents to accessibility technology in video games with the promise to not enforce them and to keep them available to the public