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TIL When we install the Facebook app they have permission to read our texts…

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ne8OP TIL old school talk box toys were powered by a plastic "vinyl" on a minute turntable
54RQ TIL that Pink Floyd’s inflatable pig, Algie, broke loose during the shooting of their 1976 ‘Animals’ album cover and resulted in grounded flights at Heathrow Airport.
AwP7 TIL that ancient Assyrian soldiers reportedly suffered hauntings and visions of the men they killed in battle, suggesting the earliest written example of PTSD sufferers.
D1DEP TIL The artificial sweetener Glycerol is a strong sanitizer that is FDA approved for burns and wounds. It is even used to store skin grafts between transplant surgery.
yQxbV TIL the shape of the Pentagon was designed after the first planned build location. The plot of land was Pentagon shaped. They switched locations to not hurt the view of D.C. from Arlington cemetery but kept the shape because it would have been too expensive to change and FDR liked the design.