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TIL that transmitting data from person to person via hard drives and physical media is called the Sneakernet

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GY1rE TIL that the Retail Credit Company’s public image took such a beating after a series of congressional testimonies that they changed their name. Today, they are known as Equifax
bRBE TIL the Dodge Brothers built all of the engines for Oldsmobile and all of the parts for the Ford Model T. They also served beer to employees at the factory on hot days and had a part of the plant called the “Play Pen” where workers could invent and create things after hours.
R5W54 TIL: There is a small part of Spain inside France. The town of Llivia is a few Kms over the border but has a special road to connect it with the rest of Spain.
177X TIL that there is a physiological justification for splashing cold water on your face to calm down: The Mammalian Diving Reflex
0yoM TIL Carl Sagan was part of Project A119, a project whose goal was to explode a nuclear weapon on the moon.