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TIL that the oldest still-operating webcam in the world is The FogCam! At San Fransisco State University It launched in July, 1994

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ZpZPQ TIL: Samuel Byck tried to assassinate President Nixon by hijacking a plane and crashing it into the White House. Byck drove to BWI, shot a police officer, stormed a Delta aircraft and shot the two pilots. Police stopped Byck before the plane ever moved, but Nixon was in the White House at the time.
epmnb TIL The KP in KP snacks stands for Kenyon Produce the Victorian founder of the company before it was absorbed into United Biscuits KP are still the largest buyer of nuts in the world.
YpLbr TIL Pepsi released a 'healthy soda' in Japan called "Pepsi Special", claiming that dextrin in the drink suppresses the absorption of fat. The drink is not available in the US, and Pepsi could face legal challenges from the FDA if brought over due to too much dextrin causing people to become sick.
JXJ1 TIL that until 11,000 years ago milk was toxic to humans, that the only way we could consume it was lowering the lactose levels by turning it into cheese, that today only one third of adults are lactose tolerant, and that the closer you get to the equator the lower the tolerance level is.
XEEp6 TIL that Berlin Jew Stella Kubler outed between 600 and 3,000 other Berlin Jews during WWII and thus sent them to their deaths. After the war, she converted to Christianity, immigrated to Canada, and ended up committing suicide in 1994.