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TIL that singing birthday cards have more processing power than the combined computers of the Allied Forces in World War II.

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KYK8w TIL that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Wakd TIL: A B-17 gunner put out an ammunition fire during a battle by urinating on it - later earning a Medal of Honor
WK6d TIL An octopus escaped from its tank at a New Zealand aquarium, crawled across the floor and into a pipe that led to the ocean
WkpL8 TIL Boring in Oregon twinned with Dull in Scotland, then added Bland in Australia to become the Trinity of Tedium
a8BGZ TIL Elvis had a dead twin