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TIL that Telex, a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange for teleprinter devices at receiving and sending locations, declined as fax machines grew in popularity in the 1980s.

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QN4b6 TIL the US government tested an air-to-air nuclear weapon and put 5 completely unprotected men directly below it on the ground to show how safe it was.
0Z8A TIL the human cornea extracts oxygen directly from the air. It has no blood supply.
Vmep TIL Crows are monogamous and raise families together. Offspring from previous seasons even remain with the family to help rear new nestlings.
0wQAR TIL In 2004, a black bear was found passed out in a Washington State campground after drinking 36 beer cans; when rangers tried to scare it away, it climbed up a tree to take a nap. It was caught the next day after returning for more beer.
LQpgp TIL that IPCC report was reviewed and edited by oil company representatives.