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TIL the first time in military operation humans surrendered to a robot was during Operation Desert Storm (1991)

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69A9Q TIL that during World War II, publication of the Michelin Guide was suspended. In 1944, at the request of the Allied Forces, the 1939 guide to France was specially reprinted for military use; its maps were judged the best and most up-to-date available.
OoAbg TIL that Davinder Singh of New Delhi, India broke a Guinness World Record in 2017 for typing fast with his nose, managing to type a 17-word English sentence in just over 40 seconds.
mEQE TIL that, in the U.S.A., corporate personhood was established in 1819, which means that corporations got to be people before black people did.
epNjn TIL in 2010, a 16-year-old Canadian discovered that his two parents were actually not Canadian, but KGB spies living under fake names Donald and Tracey.
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