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TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else

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awA79 TIL Mr. Rogers had a very distinct way of speaking to children to make sure ideas were communicated clearly. His production team fondly called it “Freddish”.
9YobB TIL the first ever NBA game was played in Canada, on Nov.1, 1946, between the Knicks and the Toronto Huskies at Maple Leaf Gardens.
9oAQ TIL Fears can be passed down to you from your parents and grandparents, just like all your other genetic traits.
OZl6 TIL that the largest flyover in history occurred 69 years ago today. 3,000 carrier aircraft and 400 bombers flew over Tokyo Bay during the signing of the peace treaty that ended World War 2 as a show of force
b9lWp TIL as recently as 2014, almost 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 1 in 3 wild boars in Germany are still too radioactive for humans to consume. In fact, some are more than 15 times the legal limit and the contamination is thought to originate nearly 700 miles away.