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TIL that 17.8% of U.S. Presidents have died while in office
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Me0lB
TIL the B-52 Stratofortress is plannned to stay in service until at least 2050, nearly 100 years after it entered service in 1955. It will be theoretically possible for a B-52 pilot in the 2040’s to pilot the same plane their great grandfather flew.
P1Mn
TIL Enigma (German WWII encryption) was broken in part because operators used guessable passcodes, including letter repeats, adjacent key letters, four letter German names, and obscenities.
AJNx
TIL: There’s a website that informs you on how easy (or difficult) it is to delete an account from the most popular sites on the web, places them on either a white or blacklist, and even helps you facilitate the deletion.
1pGW
TIL that Snopes occasionally makes up urban legends, just to keep us on our toes.
9Yaep
TIL that in the United States Robertson screws are not widely used. Apparently Henry Ford couldn’t make an exclusive deal with Robertson, instead made one with Phillips, and the rest is history. Phillips are still the most popular screw heads in the US despite their inferior design.