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TIL: FIFTEEN YEARS AGO: Before Da Vinci Code.. Before Angels & Demons.. Dan Brown warned us of the NSA in 1998

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Bgp7y TIL before the appearance of the anus, animals had to eat and excrete through the same hole. The anus allowed for a more efficient system, and allowed animal life on Earth to grow bigger and take on new shapes and forms.
WkkBX TIL There are still large concrete arrows across the US from the Transcontinental Airway System, which helped pilots prior to radio navigation
xVLxk TIL The Outsiders was written by a girl in high school, because she was unsatisfied with the YA books available at the time.
9w0xp TIL: The VOC had quasi governmental powers, such as waging war and coining currency
OoPJ1 TIL a total of nine nuclear submarines have been sunk around the world and most remain on the ocean floor with their nuclear weapons and reactors intact.