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TIL the on-hold track loop most people are familiar with is used by Cisco Systems, and was created by a 16 year old IT nerd named Tim Carleton.

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6nRZ TIL Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) required “Bigfoot Protection” while filming the Endor scenes in ROTJ incase he was mistaken by a hunter.
mxlRE TIL that Myanmar (Burma) doesn’t use the metric system, but it doesn’t use the imperial system either, instead, they have their own system of measurement called the Burmese system
rVed TIL A german pensioner was sentenced to five months in jail after teaching his dog, Adolf, the nazi salute under the command “Heil Hitler”.
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