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TIL that the USPS is a year older than the United States
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TIL the 2011 PlayStation Network outage, where hackers seized the personal information of 77m users, was partially due to Sony removing Linux support from the PlayStation 3.
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TIL that if a diesel engine can draw fuel from an unintended source, like excess combustible gas that is in the air, it will have a runaway and experience overspeeding at RPMs of up to 10X the engines rated capacity.
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TIL Chico, California enacts a $500 fine on anyone caught detonating nuclear weapons in city limits
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TIL that the oldest city in the United States is San Juan, Puerto Rico
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TIL the UK still retains 18 Queen’s Messengers, who hand deliver secret documents to British embassies worldwide, travelling undercover in business class. The diplomatic package has its own “passport”, as though it’s a human being, and is exempt from being searched or x-rayed by airport security.