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

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9wP6 TIL Cher Ami, a pigeon in the 77th Division in WWI, successfully delivered a message stopping the friendly artillery fire on the 77th Division’s position, even after being shot, and won the French Croix de guerre.
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