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TIL in 1999 the U.S. Space Command used a pet ferret named Misty to run the wiring for the new computer systems in a missile warning center.

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8BDV TIL that a man raped his son’s rapist for revenge.
1rkX TIL there is a term called “zugzwang,” to describe a situation in chess where a player would prefer not moving at all when it’s his turn, because moving any piece would worsen his current position. A player who is forced to make a move in this situation is said to be “in zugzwang.”
ZBYQ TIL that DC Comics’ original candidate for its first headlining black superhero was the Black Bomber, a white racist who would turn into a black superhero under stress. Comics historian Don Markstein called it “an insult to practically everybody with any point of view at all.”
a8koo TIL The Last Civil War Veteran Died In 1956, And The Last Child of a Veteran Still Receiving An American Civil War Pension, Passed Away in 2020.
gMYZ7 TIL For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression