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TIL that the first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971. He was also the first to use the @ symbol in email addresses, which is still used today to separate the username from the computer name!

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p8LVQ TIL spiders tune their webs like guitar strings, tightening and loosening strands so they can read the different frequencies caused by intruders and determine where/how big the intruders are, if they are predator or prey, or if they’re just a potential mate flirtatiously strumming their strings.
N7vNE TIL that Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War II
69Vkw TIL Bald Eagles, The USA's National Icon, are a menace to landfill employees because they, among other things, fly in and pick up entire trash bags, bring them back to their nests to pick out items they want, and leave the garbage bags in the trees or drop them in people's yards
VMDQ0 TIL that The Church of Scientology surreptitiously started to take over the Clearwater downtown in 1975 with plans to take over the entire city. Presently they own almost all the buildings(almost 200) in the downtown area apart from a presbyterian church, a few govt buildings and condos.
QoMX TIL That an American pit bull terrier named Chief saved two women from a deadly cobra, yet died wagging his tail.