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TIL Kodak had a nuclear reactor, weapon's grade uranium and were notified about American nuclear tests in advance during the cold war

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NXmMe TIL that WordStar was once the dominant word processor, in part because of the lack of copy protection. Many books on how to use WordStar became best sellers. Their authors knew that they were really selling manuals for what might have been the world's most pirated software.
W7w7A Today I learned that a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus has an extremely slow rotation on its axis, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation, while it only takes about 225 Earth days for Venus to orbit the Sun.
VeZG TIL that after the release of the 1983 movie “Wargames”, visitors were so unimpressed with what NORAD actually looked like, that NORAD realized it was time to give their facility a major upgrade
91rG TIL that Tinder, Match.com, PlentyOfFish, and OKCupid are all owned by the same company.
LkoAP TIL in Ontario, anyone living within 50km of a nuclear plant can order free iodine tablets for use in the event of a nuclear accident. Anyone within 10km receives them by mail automatically.