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TIL that IBM, a company well-known for the IBM PC which became an industry standard personal computer in the 80s, also manufactured M1918 Browning automatic rifles during WWII.

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xxao TIL that a tool shop owner paid $100 for a locked abandoned storage unit, only to find the Lotus Esprit submarine prop from The Spy Who Loved Me inside. He sold it to Elon Musk for $825,000.
wGx1 TIL There is a 300 year old Tibetan manuscript that has been translated as follows: “The Yeti is a variety of bear living in inhospitable mountainous areas.”
7e4x TIL Turnover is so slight in Federal Employees that, “death by natural causes” is more likely than “fired for poor job performance, misconduct or layoff”
4jAo TIL of Endicott Peabody, the Episcopalian minister who served Tombstone, Arizona and was a spiritual advisor to Wyatt Earp, also taught all four of Theodore Roosevelt’s children, and presided over the wedding of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
mxePx TIL Doves that were a part of the 1988 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Seoul, landed inside the Olympic Cauldron after being released, and were accidentally burned alive when it was lit later on in the ceremonies.