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TIL of Alex Steinweiss who invented music album cover art

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QNvlM TIL that during the Falklands War, landmines unintentionally created safe havens for penguins. Too light to trigger the mines, they thrive and breed in these protected areas.
mxrpx TIL that "Airplane" was judged "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant and added to the National Film Registry in 2010
wL687 TIL that various ideas such as radioactive cats and spiky landscapes have been proposed for the Department of Energy to deter future civilization from interfering with nuclear waste burial sites.
XEaPj TIL that the "I" and "O" of a power switch are internationally-recognized symbols for "ON" and "OFF" because they are the binary symbols representing ON (1) and OFF (0), decided by the IEC (International Electrotechnical Committee)
BgKGb TIL the largest currently known dinosaur footprints (5'7" or 1.7 metres long) are sauropod tracks located in Broome, Western Australia.