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TIL a military computer built in 1950s were reused as TV show and movie props as recently as 1996 Independence Day movie and 2010 The Event.

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oBDro TIL There is a strong correlation between spending less on wedding and/or ring and lower divorce rates
XkG8 TIL Coldplay turned down multi-million dollar contracts from Gatorade, Diet Coke, and Gap, who wanted to use their songs. Their response: “We wouldn’t be able to live with ourselves if we sold the songs’ meanings like that.”
WkDYX TIL about NUFORC, the National UFO Reporting Center, which receives now hundreds of reported sightings each month. Here’s an interesting one I found from 1955:
BroQe TIL Dolly Parton wrote "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" in the same day.
ymPw TIL In the Victorian era, there were special moustache cups for drinking tea. The cup kept men’s moustache wax out of the tea so it wouldn’t melt into their cup when they took a sip.