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TIL Nikola Tesla dreamed of the Internet, stating “When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.”

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v5Xj TIL that id software’s distribution model was once the envy of Microsoft because Doom had a larger install base than early versions of Windows.
aLr0 TIL that in the past 15 years China has tortured 3700 Falun Gong practitioners to death, and from 2000-08, killed another 64,000 for their organs.
9w4gm TIL about volcanologist Barry Voight, who correctly predicted Mt Saint Helens Northern Flank would collapse. Among his other accomplishments, he is also Angelina Jolie’s uncle.
b9nQp TIL "In God We Trust" first appeared on US money in 1864 as a political ploy by the North to tell the South that God was on their side during the Civil War.
jLmX TIL Major Donnie Dunagan was the Marines’ youngest-ever drill instructor & served 3 tours in Vietnam, where he was wounded several times. He received the Bronze Star & the Purple Heart 3 times. For his entire Marine Corps service, he kept a secret that no one knew– he was the voice of Disney’s Bambi