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TIL the first ever text message in history is "Merry Christmas"

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bEo7 TIL the Boy Scouts of America’s own consultants told them that same-sex orientation in adults or youth was NOT a risk factor for abusing children.
MeJ6m TIL Patterson found that amount of lead in shallow ocean water is 100x of deep. Patterson found the recent arrival of the large amount at the surface and found steady increase of lead in atmosphere due to gasoline and consumer products. Clean Air Act of 1986 passed all due to his prolonged efforts.
OoBG6 TIL that early spy satellites shot photos using film cameras, then shot a capsule with the film reel back to Earth, where it was captured mid-air by a US military aircraft
LNlv TIL Weird Al Yankovic wrote a song called “Bob” in which every line is a palindrome (the same backwards and forwards).
kpyd TIL Alaska has over 3,000,000 lakes