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TIL there is an actual Pound Town

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X0MZR TIL That before semiconductor diodes and such were invented, mercury arc valves were used
QREd TIL that while in prison for car jacking, Charles Manson read the book “How To Win Friends And Influence People.” He would later use what he learned from the book to manipulate women into killing for him.
jNVZE TIL that in 1946, a trapped moth caused a malfunction in the early computer which resulted in the term 'bug' to be coined for all software errors.
BK7r TIL when humans are embryos, the first thing we do is form into a doughnut. The doughnut hole becomes our entire digestive tract.
9Y7lD TIL when Australian javelin thrower Reg Spiers could not afford (financially) to purchase a flight back to Australia from London, he "mailed/posted" himself back to Australia in a wooden box...a journey that took 63 hours and passed through India and Singapore. This happened in 1964.