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TIL that Australian scientists accidentally invented Wi-Fi while searching for black holes.

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a84d9 TIL that “Casablanca” was banned in Ireland upon release because its negative depictions of Nazis jeopardized Irish neutrality. When it was first released in Germany in 1952, it was 25 minutes shorter because it removed all references to Nazis and WWII.
9YQD7 TIL that in the 2000 Paralympics, 10 out of 12 players in Spain's ID Basketball team were non-disabled, who pretended to have intellectual disabilities. The scandal was exposed after the Paralympics, when one of the players was revealed to be an investigative journalist.
vLoD TIL that popular San Diego high school teacher John Corcoran was secretly illiterate during his 17-year classroom career, finally faced his shame and learned to read at age 48. He went on to write books and a create a foundation to promote literacy.
m1Wxo TIL that Quipu, intricate arrays of knotted cords, were used by Andean cultures to record data without a written language.
GYYdJ If your car is a diesel, it will run.