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TIL There hasn’t been a president with a beard in 103 years

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ZpEDB TIL the Linux man command used to print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30 as a joke referencing the ABBA song “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”. Added in 2011 as an Easter Egg, it went unnoticed until it broke automated tests, prompting its removal in 2017.
8ZBK TIL of the existence of ‘Numbers Stations’; hundreds of shortwave radio stations featuring broadcasts of formatted numbers and sounds, which since the 1950’s, are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries.
0d68j TIL we’ve been trying to build the hyperloop since 1799
rk6x TIL America designed a grenade the weight and size of a baseball because they believed young American troops should be able to throw them.
b6O6j TIL The Peace Arch Park lies between the U.S. and Canadian border crossings north of Seattle. During the COVID lockdowns couples could meet at the park to be together. It was the site of many lockdown weddings. Newlyweds had to return to their own country after.