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TIL that 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials

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wLkdP TIL the slogan of the revolver Colt used to be "God created men, Colt made them equal..."
NmDM TIL of albino alligators, of which only 50 exist worldwide, and have a life expectancy of less than 24 hours in the wild due to UV sensitivity and lack of camouflage.
ADl7n TIL Mindscape, The Game Dev company that developed Lego Island, fired their Dev team the day before release, so that they wouldn't have to pay them bonuses.
wLyK1 TIL: Most Mars rovers use the same operating system as some Toshiba photocopiers, called VxWorks; it is also used in many Industrial robots, Aviation systems, Medical equipment, and some Consumer electronics .
W7Nao TIL the BBC Micro has a resistor to simulate a human holding their finger on the circuit board. The computer doesn't work without it, and we still don't know why today.