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TIL the title for the movie “October Sky” is an anagram of the Homer Hickam book “Rocket Boys”

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xVXJw TIL Abraham Lincoln Signed the Legislation to Create the Secret Service the Day He Was Assassinated
W741d TIL about Giant Rock, a 7-story high freestanding boulder in the Mojave Desert. It's purported to be the largest freestanding boulder in the world.
P14gO TIL In the UK you can register your mobile phone to use the emergency services number, 999, by SMS message. As a deafy, this could -literally- be a life saver.
Me6Qm TIL The floor plans of MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service) headquarters in London were 'lost' by building contractors during refurbishment. The documents held sensitive information on the layout, including entry and exit points. Most documents (but not all) were later recovered.
0dGxp [TIL] The Olympic Torch Relay, a symbol of international peace and cooperation was invented by the Nazis and first used in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.