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TIL: The first message ever sent on the Internet was “LO”

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8aRma TIL that the anchor of the ship that caused the Halifax Explosion wound up 3.2 kilometers away from the site. The anchor weighed half a ton.
Med4m TIL: In the UK more than 7,000 people still watch TV in black and white more than half a century after color broadcasts began.
D1DRp TIL of Maria Theresa, Queen of Austria and mother of 16 children, 5 of whom also became royalty.
m1JwY TIL some 8th century Anglo-Saxon coins contained the words "Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah" written in Arabic, alongside the name of the king in English. This was apparently a result of imitating the aesthetics of Caliphate coins, without understanding the meaning.
7r8Wx TIL that at the height of Pokémon Go, a number of players tried sneaking into a highly classified military explosives plant in Virginia because a Charizard was reportedly located inside the arsenal.