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TIL Google hired a Camel to map a desert for Google StreetView

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kJJv7 TIL that during WW2, an 2.5mi stretch of a newly tunnelled London Underground extension was converted to an electronics factory, to replace one that had been bombed in 1940
l8Wa TIL Mamihlapinatapai is considered to be most succinct word, It refers to “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.”
VgAZ TIL: There are only 22 countries the Brits haven’t invaded
gJRD TIL that Colonel David Stirling, founder of the SAS, personally strangled 41 men.
VB71Q TIL that Activision has a patent for manipulating multiplayer lobbies to increase exposure to people with paid skins and get players to spend more money on microtransactions this way