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TIL people downloaded computer games over the radio in the 80s

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WkAjA TIL in 1872 a Japanese samurai and politician Shinpei Eto established a wanted photograph distribution system. Its first subject was Shipei Eto himself. The circulation of wanted photographs aided his swift arrest. He was executed at the age of 41
wL5oW TIL rumblestrutting is a guinea pig behavior in which they strut around each other shaking their butts low to emit a rumbling sound. It can sound a lot like purring, but it's part of their herd rituals to determine dominance
a80gZ TIL an earth year had more days in the far past. scientists made this discovery after comparing corals/clams which have corresponding growth rings for each day. depending on the age, fossils record 400 to 420 days instead of our typical 365 a year.
0doKA TIL Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon in Siberia hold the joint record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in an inhabited place with -67,8 degrees Celsius (-90 Fahrenheit)
PYD8O TIL that sour patch kids are known as "Very Bad Kids" in France.