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TIL Cold War defense computers had ashtrays

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ANg9d TIL A Portugese Man of War is not a jellyfish; it’s a colony of thousands of individual animals called “zooids”
P1OKV TIL about ambigrams which are calligraphic writing of word so they can have similar or different meanings when viewed in different orientations.
OoeN6 TIL that James Cameron, the most successful director in the world, only makes Hollywood movies in order to pay for his complex explorations.
aaKb TIL trial attorney Mark Lanier offered to settle an asbestos lawsuit against Carborundum for $10,000. They declined and it went to trial. The jury awarded $118,000,000.
RBNQ TIL that in 1999, 47 black residents of a Texas town were arrested on drug charges solely on the uncorroborated word of one undercover agent who was a member of the KKK. Many were sentenced to long prison terms; some served years before release. For doing this, the officer got 10 years probation.