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TIL A helicopter pilot landed on the summit of Everest then did it again the next day to prove it wasn’t a fluke

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mDkp TIL that Psycho was the first film ever to show a toilet flushing on screen
Y7jaW TIL optical telegraphs (at the turn of the 19th century) had many features now commonplace in modern networks, including control characters, routing, error control, flow control, message priority, and symbol rate control.
nWNeP TIL of Charlie, a Chimp that was taught Karate until that had to stop because he was getting too strong.
e0ZYJ TIL when Hitler was Chancellor Jewish orgs/papers said, "nobody would dare to touch Jewish constitutional rights", "forces are active that would turn against a barbarian anti-Jewish policy.", "It is a hopeless misjudgement to think that one could force a dictatorial regime upon the German nation."
logAa TIL that Hawaii was previously a internationally recognized kingdom, but was overthrown in 1893 by mostly foreign insurgents. The islands were eventually annexed by the USA.