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TIL the Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first mobile phone with dial-up internet

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YAWW TIL NASA has developed a technology called FINDER used to detect breathing or heartbeats through up to 30 feet of rubble, or 20 feet of solid concrete, and was used to save lives during the 2015 Napal earthquakes.
WJOo TIL in pre-modern Europe, Outlaw or Outlawry, was one of the harshest punishments available and put the criminal outside of any legal protections, subject to persecution, murder etc. by anybody. It was considered a death sentence but not carried out by the state.
N7d6P TIL Bill Nye got his name after appearing on a show and hearing host saying “jiggawatt”. He corrected Keister on his pronunciation of the word “gigawatt”, and the nickname was born when Keister responded, “Who do you think you are—Bill Nye the Science Guy?”
X0DgD TIL the state of Louisiana is named after King Louis XIV of France.
YPYA TIL Jason Statham got his first film role, in Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, when Guy Richie spotted him selling dodgy jewellery on the streets of London.