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TIL today 43 years ago today, the first ever computer-to-computer connection is completed

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j6GPE TIL humans cannot actually feel wetness; we only perceive it through temperature and pressure.
oO1K TIL Australian scientists have used music to attract Great White Sharks, and have found they are particularly drawn to AC/DC’s “Back In Black”.
DQYbV TIL that in the early 1980's, a newspaper accidentally switched the captions for Dennis the Menace and The Far Side comics twice. While some people found it humorous, other people found the captioning to be deeply disturbing and the newspaper apologized for the errors.
WkmbY TIL that the developers of the racing simulator game Assetto Corsa were attempting to find the source of what they believed to be a bug with the in-game traction control. In reality, the "bug" was the simulation accurately recreating a real world physics problem they were unaware of.
mxV6E TIL of Drachten, a town in the Netherlands, where almost all traffic lights and signs have been removed in the town's centre in an effort to improve traffic safety, based on the theory that drivers pay more attention to their surroundings when they cannot rely on strict traffic rules.