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TIL The @ Symbol was invented in 1956. 435 years before email was invented.

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1RnO TIL that in Sydney Australia snipers are deployed to protect colonies of little penguins from predators
9YvPm TIL all the numbers on the roulette wheel add up to 666.
am4J TIL Tex Johnson, a Boeing test pilot, was to demonstrate the then-new 707 to a group of airline executives by doing a level fly by. Instead, he barrel-rolled the aircraft. When called in by his boss and asked what the hell he was doing, he said “Selling airplanes.”
jNAdN TIL there are no recorded fatal attacks of wild Orcas on humans. In 2005 a 12 yr old boy in AK was bumped by a killer whale while splashing in 4 ft of water. The boy was likely mistaken for a seal and the bump was an aborted attack once the whale realized the mistake
N77bJ TIL that guitar great Skunk Baxter of The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan is also a DoD consulting expert on ballistic missiles and chairs the Congressional Advisory Board on Missile Defense.