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TIL the iPad was in development long before the iPhone, despite officially releasing 3 years after the iPhone.

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D1b1r TIL 2 brothers were filming a documentary about a probationary New York Fire Fighter in 2001. They went on a routine call to check for a gas leak on 9/11 and ended up being the only camera to film the first crash. They followed the FDNY into the Twin Towers and survived.
nWE5r TIL a message in a bottle originating from Massachusetts by a 5th grader named Ben Lyons in 1997 washed ashore last year in France and was found by Hubert Eriau. Ben's bottle was part of a class project he did while studying the ocean currents. Ben began his message with "Dear Beachcomber."
aeQA TIL a Georgia Tech student was accidentally sent 2 enrollment forms, he filled out both, creating a fictional man named George P. Burdell. The student did work for George and George graduated with a mechanical engineering degree.
78YNx TIL a Construction Company is older than Islam
Ooo1Y Short answer: At least one in 50 scientists is doing something fishy