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TIL the Kingdom of Bhutan banned television and the internet throughout the whole country until 1999

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8em6Z TIL from the 1960s to the early 1990s, RadioShack had a "battery of the month" club. Members were issued a free wallet-sized cardboard card which entitled the bearer to one free battery a month when presented in RadioShack stores.
BgQjk TIL that the cartoons Doug, PB&J Otter and Pinky Dinky Doo were all made by the same person
Vv8Q TIL that there are dogs that work in courtrooms to comfort victims of abuse whilst testifying. They are called ‘comfort dogs’.
gA94 TIL a German air traffic controller was upset at a British pilot and asked him rudely if he had never been to Frankfurt before. The British pilot replied “Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark…and I didn’t land.”
ZGnp TIL that Eugene “Gene” Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, fulfilled a promise he made to his daughter Tracy by writing her initials on a moon rock. Those initials will probably remain there for thousands of years.