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TIL the first satellite navigation system, Transit, was operational in 1964, only 7 years after the Sputnik-1 launch

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Y7kdP TIL in 1678 a pamphlet titled "Mowing-Devil" was published in Hertfordshire, England. It claimed the devil mowed farmers crops and left strange circles, it is first recorded case of crop circles
BgvZL TIL Gerard Way wrote My Chemical Romance's "Helena" about Joe Rogan's grandmother
woj96 TIL about the Family Viewing Hour, a 1975 FCC policy that TV networks in the USA had to air "family-friendly" programming during the first hour of prime-time. The policy was abandoned in 1977 following a ruling by a federal court that it violated the First Amendment.
69WpY TIL that in mid-6th century CE two monks smuggled silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire, which led to the creation of the Byzantine silk industry that long held a silk monopoly in Europe.
b9EK7 TIL The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences used to give out an Academy Juvenile Award, complete with a miniature statue. Shirley Temple was the first and youngest to win the award at the age of 6 in 1934. Mickey Rooney was the oldest to win at 18. Hayley Mills was the last to win in 1960.