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TIL that in 1962, 90% of Saskatchewan's doctors went on strike

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QJ5NM TIL the 'G' on Speed Racer's shirt stands for "Go", his name in the original manga and the 'M' on the hood of the Mach 5 stands for "Mifune Motors." The name of the series, Mach GoGoGo has a triple meaning: "Mahha-gō" is the name of the car; the main character is Gō Mifune; and the English word "Go"
Lkadp TIL on July 9, 1962 , a nuclear bomb called "Starfish Prime" was successfully detonated in outer space as a part of the program ‘Operation Fishbowl" following two failures that resulted in radioactive material falling to earth from 35,000 feet.
oRE TIL there is a swath of land in West Virginia called the National Radio Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiFi signals are banned
R59L7 TIL that in 1979, Steve Jobs visited Xerox PARC and was inspired by their uncommercialized GUI and mouse, leading to the creation of the Apple Macintosh; Xerox started to focus on marketing their copy machines, skeptical about the profitability of computers.
V178 TIL there is a blind guy who learned echolocation with such precision he can ride a bike and identify bad parking jobs