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TIL the Hindenburg airship had a smoking lounge with one electric lighter

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dDaV8 TIL the first scientific specimen of the world's largest butterfly, the Queen Alexandra's birdwing, was collected "with the aid of a small shotgun"
b694Z TIL When the US denied India supercomputers due to sanctions imposed after India's nuclear test, India made its Supercomputer "Param 8000" which proved to be the world's second-fastest computer defeating the USA. It slowly started eating th US market being 23 times cheaper than the US "CDC 6600"
9wEj7 TIL Survivalist Cody Lundin hasn’t worn “shoes” since the late 1980s. He treks barefoot through extreme climates and environments barefoot. He also only wears shorts.
DQ4MY TIL that in 2011 a Russian would-be suicide bomber died when her mobile phone detonator was activated by a spam message wishing her a happy new year
gMm48 TIL that the North Korean animation studio SEK Studio has been subcontracted to work on many international animation projects, the most notable being The Simpsons Movie (2007).