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TIL that autotune was originally developed by Exxon as a method of interpreting seismic data.

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E1RKp TIL that the Mercantile Library of Cincinnati has a perpetually renewable 10,000-year lease from the Cincinnati College, after members of the Library Association helped rebuild the college when its structure burned in 1845
NX508 TIL of Robert Stroud, the 'Birdman of Alcatraz,' who became a renowned ornithologist and published books on bird diseased while serving a life sentence for murder at one of the world's most infamous prisons.
Qer6 TIL In 1974, two phone hackers stood on a California beach and from two public phone booths intercepted every incoming call to Santa Barbara, and told the dialers the city had been wiped out in a nuclear explosion, causing a widespread panic.
aJVo TIL that there’s a mathematical formula, that when graphed, can visually reproduce itself
78ROP (TIL) The most urbanized corridor in Modern Texas ( I-35, DFW, Waco, Austin, San Antonio) follows a specific Cattle Trail that dates back to the early 1800's