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TIL that in 1981 the plane Steve Wozniak was piloting crashed. He suffered head injuries and amnesia but later stated that Apple II computer games are what helped him regain his memory

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78bRL TIL about the 1907 danish film Løvejagten, which was controversial for containing the actual killing of two lions. The lions were bought from a german zoo, and the footage was banned by denmark.
j90n TIL In the town of Laguna, Brazil a pod of Bottlenose Dolphin cooperatively fish with fishermen. The dolphin herd mullet toward the shore and signal the fishermen to cast their nets. They do this everyday! Town records say that the dolphins and fishermen have been cooperating since 1847.
DQPaD TIL that the first Taser model used gunpowder as a propellant so it was classified as a firearm.
a8jpJ TIL when a pope dies, the cardinal camerlengo confirms the death by gently tapping the pope's head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time. He then retrieves the Ring of the Fisherman and cuts it in two. The pope's seals are defaced, and his personal apartment is sealed.
NAO1 TIL the first credit card, issued in 1949 and made out of cardboard, was Diners Club. Co-founder Frank McNamara was dining with clients and realized he forgot his wallet. His wife paid the tab, and McNamara thought of a multipurpose charge card as a way to avoid similar embarrassments in the future.