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TIL that the last serving soldier drafted during the Vietnam war didn’t retire until 2014

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XExVR TIL of accidental Stereo Sound. Where by Two recorders with microphones in different positions captured both left and right audio of an artist’s recording session. Decades later these recordings were then merged together to give stereo sound, pre-dating true stereophonic sound by a good 20 years
ge5b TIL a “Gordie Howe Hat trick” is a variation on the hat-trick, wherein a player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets in a fight all in one game.
mxjbM TIL that in 1998, one of the Bigfoot monster trucks was seized by Brazilian customs after a tour and has never been returned.
R7ye6 TIL when Sassanid (Iranian) king Hormizd II died, his oldest son reigned for a few months, and was killed by the empire's nobles, who then blinded the second son, and imprisoned the third son. The crown was placed upon the pregnant queen's womb, crowning the unborn son, who later ruled for 70 years
NM5P TIL that Google Maps vehicles collected private data including passwords, from unprotected WiFi networks and transferred it to a Google data center