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TIL that a father searching for his missing daughter was photographed–and in the far background of the photo his missing daughter is seen.

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OoMde TIL Billy Joel got the idea for 'We Didn't Start The Fire' after he met a 21-year-old who said: "It's a terrible time to be 21", "Yeah, I remember when I was 21, I thought it was an awful time", "But it's different for you. You were a kid in the 50's and everybody knows nothing happened in the 50's"
O7d6 TIL the first commercial digital navigation system, Etak, was released in 1985, before commercial GPS. The founders had to digitize their own maps which were so accurate they’re still in use today, including in Apple’s Maps app.
8a9DP TIL that in 1974 a local in Alaska played an April fool's joke on April 1st of an entire city. He set about 100 car tires, smoke bombs and other flammable materials on fire in the crater of an inactive volcano to make it look like the volcano was about to erupt.
Ooa0R TIL that when Jeff Hilger first started marketing the Koala Bear Kare Baby Changing Station in the 80's most businesses saw no need for it. It wasnt until after he started passing out fliers of a woman changing her baby's diaper on a dirty bathroom floor that his idea became a huge success.
X9Dk TIL that in 1976, after two U.S. Army Officers were killed by North Korean soldiers while tree trimming in the Joint Security Area, America and South Korea responded with “Operation Paul Bunyan” in which they brought a 813 man team, attack helicopters and fighter jets to chop the tree down.