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TIL the NASA cameras that tracked Apollo rockets were built off of M-45 quadmount anti-aircraft gun systems

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l7BXN TIL there are elephants in Kenya that go into caves to mine salt
ZpKGG TIL of CONOP 8888, also known as Counter-Zombie Dominance: a U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Command CONOP document that describes a plan for the United States and its military defending against zombies
BrREr TIL The Amish are allowed to use computers and cell phones.
9xJ6 TIL In 2009 after being told they can’t publish anything that is negative in nature, relating to the government The Fiji Daily Post decided to mock the media restrictions handed down by the government by reporting such stories as: “Man gets on bus” and “Breakfast as usual”
d8Ko8 TIL e.g doesn't stand for "example given", it stands for "exempli gratia" (for example) and i.e stands for "id est" (in other words), and they're not interchangeable.