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TIL the creator of the popular e-mail client Eudora named it after author Eudora Welty, for her short story "Why I Live at the P.O." If he had known that Eudora would become as popular as it did, he would not have presumed to name it after a (then) living author (she was pleased and amused)

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D1gkY TIL that in 1981 the Pentagon spent $6 million trying to determine whether or not burning a photograph of a Soviet missile would destroy the actual missile
PYEML TIL that Walt Disney helped the Army design a Mickey Mouse gas mask in the ‘40s to make chemical warfare less frightening to kids
4nPb TIL In 2007 it was reported that only 4 percent of olive oil leaving Italy was pure Italian olive oil due to counterfeiting which is as profitable as cocaine smuggling with half the risk.
VvY0 TIL the number of vasectomies during March Madness goes up 50+% because guys schedule the procedure during that time so they can sit around and watch basketball for days during recovery.
7Zpx TIL If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you’ve engaged in misconduct, your entire inventory is deemed your personal collection. You can then can sell it without doing any background checks on your customers.