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TIL the 1990s AOL modem sound was a sequence that allowed digital devices to piggyback on an analog telephone network to use sound waves to carry data across phone lines

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neEBG TIL Eisenhower visited Taiwan in 1960 and an estimated 650,000 people packed into the Presidential Plaza to hear the American president. He lauded President Chiang for his courage and tireless effort in leading the nation in the struggle against in­human tyranny
QJ74k TIL that the US government uses a cartoon turtle to teach kids how to hide under their desks to survive a nuclear bomb attack.
mXKE TIL The man who invented Frisbee was cremated after he died and made into a Frisbee
W7EKL TIL that all curling stones used in the winter Olympics come from Ailsa Craig in Scotland
aw9oN TIL that Iraq dug extensive trenches prior to the Gulf War. The US army responded by mounting plows on tanks, and drove them through 70 miles of trenches guarded by 8,000 soldiers. Most Iraqi soldiers were buried alive, making a body count impossible. There were zero American casualties.