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TIL about John David Norman, a prolific sex offender who ran multiple direct mail CSAM magazines such as the "Odyssey Foundation" and "Handy Andy"

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78mjZ TIL Laurence Olivier hit Maggie Smith in the face so hard she was knocked unconscious during a 1964 production of Othello.
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78LvX TIL that first photograph of Earth from outer space is 78 years old. It was taken by V-2 No. 13, a modified nazi ballistic missile. The V stands for Vergeltungswaffe which means Vengeance Weapon.
dej8 TIL of a place in Norway where three time zones meet but it is illegal to circumambulate it.
oBekr TIL that the Southern Pacific Comapy, while best known for its railroad operations, also owned and operated telegraph and telephone lines under the name Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking Telephony, which would later become the telecommunications company known by the acronym "Sprint."