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TIL Scrooge McDuck was the first image to ever be displayed on a Macintosh

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epAV5 TIL The Disaster comes the greek δυσ- (dus-) "bad"[9] and ἀστήρ meaning Bad Star. Separately it has long been thought the biggest threat to modern society is Solar Storm much like the Carrington event of 1859
Z8bEY TIL That on September 27th, 1920 the American Professional Football Association (APFA) was founded in Canton. This league would later change its name to the National Football League.
VwMp TIL that Allied forces planted a uniformed corpse with a briefcase in Spanish waters so it could be found and the contents of the briefcase would be leaked to the Germans in order to fool them of the Allies next moves. The idea came from Ian Fleming.
X0ggk TIL A man injected thousands of counterfeit $2 coins into Canada’s banking system by making large deposits into his personal accounts. They are known as "Camel Toe toonies" because fake coins have outsized toes on the polar bear’s right paw
VvZp TIL American Airlines once sold “Golden Tickets” for unlimited first class airline travel. One passenger logged over 10,000 flights and millions of miles, flying to new cities constantly, sometimes just for a sandwich, until AA accused him of fraud and revoked his ticket.