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TIL the old Zenith remote control (the giant one) didn’t use batteries it used sound waves.

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jNBoE TIL that on December 16, 1965, NASA received a prank transmission from two astronauts: "We have an object, probably in polar orbit... I see a command Module and and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit." They then started playing, "Jingle Bells".
VMx7Z TIL that 50-60% of drug addiction risk is genetically inherited.
8egdL TIL armadillos are known to kill and eat the infants of much larger animals like deer, sheep, and cows
oBM5E TIL U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent American combat troops to Russia during the Russian Revolution to protect arms meant for the newly-collapsed Eastern Front, as well as to rescue 56,000 Czech soldiers allied with the Triple Entente who became stranded along the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
MVYA TIL the United States sent 813 men, 27 helicopters and nuclear capable bombers to cut down a tree in the Korean DMZ.