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TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica

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xd8o TIL that to circumvent US laws banning the export of cryptography software as “ammunition”, PGP inventor Phill Zimmermann published the entire sourcecode in a hardcover book. The export of books is fully legal.
d8GmQ TIL the oldest company in Ireland is 533 years old. It manufactures candles.
M7yn7 TIL the M60 Light Machine Gun was made from the German FG42, essentially making it a "modernized" version of it.
nRJY TIL: Some tarantulas keep frogs as pets so they will eat insects that burrow into their nest
rRnYW TIL during WWII Germany used 2 ‘Lorenz beams’ to guide bombers at night over the U.K. Bombers followed 1 beam, then, when they crossed the 2nd beam, they dropped their bombs.