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TIL Bell Labs still exists as a subsidiary of Nokia.

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dB4K TIL that all tweets you will ever send are archived to the library of congress.
7rP9b TIL that the SR71 Blackbird (fastest plane ever) used to covertly spy on the Soviet Union during the cold war, was built from Titanium that the US anonymously bought from Russia.
6EXlJ TIL hippos don't swim. They charge through the water, always maintaining some contact with the riverbed or lakebed, using their feet to bounce off the bottom to propel themselves forward.
9wDyB TIL there are 7,000 feral black and white cats on the Antarctic Kerguelen Islands. 1/3 specialize in hunting seabirds, reaching 5kg/11lbs in body mass with strengthened skulls and jaws. They shelter in small rocky caves littered with the skeletons of their prey
LkNOP TIL dunkin donuts donuts used to have a handle on them to dunk the donuts