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TIL the Peace Sign is actually the letters N and D in flag sephamore, which stands for "Nuclear Disarmament".

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J1Lwm TIL whale oil was used in transmissions until its ban in 1972, when less than 1 million transmissions failed each year; without whale oil, yearly transmission failures became more than 8 million by 1975. This led to thousands of transmission shops opening across the USA in the late 1970s and ’80s
9Yk9r TIL That Yao Ming's conservation campaigns has led to a 50% drop in shark fin soup consumption in China. He is now working on poaching as well.
6EMOl TIL a Chinese investor at one point planned to build a second Atlantic-pacific canal in Nicaragua. The plan is reportedly either canceled or delayed due to ongoing financial issues
vPa0B TIL about the BAC Three-Eleven, a proposed widebody airliner that would have competed with the Airbus A300.
P1E7V TIL the band Sister 7 was originally called “Little Sister. After being threatened with a dispute claim by a band from Boston with the same name, the band changed their name to Sister 7 to reflect that there were 6 other bands with the name “Little Sister”