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TIL the Emoticon was invented by Scott Fahlman on September 19th, 1982

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9YZvX TIL of Philippe Servaty, a Belgian journalist who photographed himself having sex with over 80 girls in Morocco after having promised to take them to Europe. He then he ditched them and published the photos online. Many of the women were incarcerated, killed, or committed suicide.
wokgW TIL that pistachios can spontaneously combust when stored in large quantities.
Y7JPZ TIL: In 1956, France banned the serving of alcohol to children under the age of 14 in the school canteens. Prior to that, school children had the right to drink half a litre of wine, cider or beer with their meals. In 1981 France implemented a total alcohol ban in the country’s schools.
vmD4 TIL that in WWII Charles Lindbergh instructed P-38 pilots how to stretch their typical 7 hour maximum flight endurance time to 9 hours (an extra 400 miles of range), which dramatically changed Pacific Theater operations
5YLYr TIL former Navy pilot and journalist Paco Chierici broke the Nimitz Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon event 2 years before the New York Times did