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TIL that the term "spam," used to describe unsolicited bulk email, comes from a Monty Python sketch

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N8Bb TIL at the Edinburgh Zoo there is a voluntary daily penguin parade, which sometimes gets cancelled if the penguins do not wish to go out that day.
E56d TIL that Mad Max (1979) was dubbed for original US release, because producers assumed American audiences would have trouble understanding Australian accents
kOZOe TIL Siri evolved from a DARPA project to create a system for military decision-making that would learn and become more efficient over time
gM4A9 TIL in 1956, a fighter plane shot itself down because it was faster than the bullet it shot
wLDbW TIL There's a decades-long experimental archeology project in France to build a 13th century castle with period tools.