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TIL that there is a standard for sending internet packets using people and flags

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NXpBb TIL Roger Whittaker's father never forgave him for abandoning a medical career to become a musician. His parents attended none of his concerts. Whittaker's father was killed in a robbery in 1989, their differences having never been resolved.
gLn4 TIL Tupac shot two cops, and had all the charges dropped on account of the cops drunkenly pointing a stolen gun at pedestrians
wLKbP TIL that after surviving the explosion of a rocket launch failure, the first thing the Soviet cosmonauts asked their rescue crews was cigarettes, but they were given shots of vodka instead
yvZX TIL the song “Every Breath You Take,” was inspired partially by Orwell’s 1984. Sting himself has expressed dismay that people think it’s about love and commitment, when he was writing about obsession and control.
XN6R TIL Babylonians believed that an eclipse foretold the death of their ruler, leading them to use these predictions to put kingly protections in place. During the period of time that lunar or solar eclipses might strike, the king would be replaced with a substitute.