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TIL Mankind constantly analyzes radio waves from outer space in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Since this analysis started, almost all of the signal sources have been identified. 37 signals, however, remain unexplained. Hence the name of the Co that created Basecamp.

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9wAG6 TIL In 1953, US Air Defense Command tracked a UAP in restricted airspace over Lake Superior. A Northrop F-89C Scorpion was scrambled to intercept the UAP. The F-89 simply vanished from radar once it engaged with the UAP and never returned. Zero of the wreckage or pilots' remains were ever recovered.
BgV9L TIL that Hasbro released a version of Monopoly specifically for millennials that among other things claims "Forget Real Estate, You Couldn't Afford It Anyway", and features Mr. Monopoly wearing polarized glasses, and holding coffee with a cardboard sleeve
7BnM TIL: Thomas Edison offered Nikola Tesla $50,000 to improve his DC motor. Upon completion, Edison failed to pay and scoffed, “You don’t understand American humor.”
P1xrw TIL that Shrek was initially recorded in Mike Myers Canadian voice. Per his Vanity Fair video, he asked if he could do Shrek in a Scottish accent. They turned him down. They liked what they had already. He asked for one chance. They gave him the opportunity.
j6r1R TIL that the wheel has been around for more than 5000 years