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TIL Carl Sagan sued Apple Computer in 1995. Apple used ‘Carl Sagan’ as an internal code for the Power Macintosh 7100. After a cease-and-desist letter, Apple renamed it 'BHA’, for Butt-Head Astronomer. Sagan sued. Apple then changed the name to “LAW”, short for “Lawyers are Wimps”.

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kOJMd TIL during the exceptionally cold winter of 1795, a French Hussar regiment captured the Dutch fleet on the frozen Zuiderzee, a bay to the northwest of the Netherlands. The French seized 14 warships and 850 guns. This is one of the only times in recorded history where calvary has captured a fleet.
N7J78 TIL that in Crystal City, Mo, there is a disk gold course totally in a cave
dBXE TIL: That when inside of a moving car, a helium balloon will move in the same direction that the car is accelerating. It’s being pushed by the air which, itself, is moving counter to acceleration, like most objects do in a vehicle.
gDBb TIL of guard llamas. Guard llamas are used in the protection of livestock like sheep and goats. They may make an alarm call that sound like a rusty hinge, or herd their charges into a tight group. They have been know to kill coyotes and other predators.
N7amE TIL of the band Grouplove who was the first band in the United States to be certified climate friendly