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TIL that the US nuclear codes were 00000000 for twenty years

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loX6K TIL that California condor chicks were fed with condor puppets to increase egg laying rate and to avoid them imprinting on humans
epvLk TIL About the Laconia Incident where a German U-Boat sunk the RMS Laconia, a British passenger liner. When it was rescuing survivors and towing them to a French handover, it was attacked by a US B-24 and led to the Kriegsmarine no longer assisting ships they sunk for the rest of the war.
GOlj TIL your 2016 calendar is reusable in 2044, 2072, and 2112. In 2017, you can re-use calendars from these years: 2006, 1995, 1989, 1978, 1967, 1961, 1950, 1939, 1933, and 1922.
NX7Jb TIL the average full-time worker earns approximately $2.7 million over their entire lifetime
JvK8 TIL that Chinese authorities have created the world’s first mobile phone walking lane for pedestrians addicted to texting.