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TIL about Titanic's original second officer who was replaced just before the maiden voyage. He took with him the key to the locker containing the crow's nest binoculars, resulting in the lookouts working with mere eyesight on the night of the sinking

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jNxXQ TIL Cheetos were invented when an animal feed manufacturer in Wisconsin changed up their machine cleaning technique. They placed moist wheat on a grinder and found the grain puffed up when it came out. The company owner then took the end product, seasoned it, and invented the first cheese curl.
D1EeD TIL when the Great Seal of the United States was redesigned/updated in 1885, a new reverse design was ordered but never used. The reverse seal (The Pyramid w/ All Seeing Eye - still used today) received an update but was rejected due to criticism of the design.
0wLop TIL of King Bansah, an African king that lives in Germany and work as a mechanic at the same time that rules his kingdom in Ghana.
v1oDB TIL a professional security tester named Jayson E. Street, was once hired to attempt to compromise the computers and networks of a bank in Beirut. He succeeded in the compromise and found several exploits, but was soon shocked to discover he had just robbed/hacked the wrong bank
wLDE7 TIL Fred Rogers proposed to his wife Joanne via letter. When she received it, Joanne rushed to a payphone to respond. She was so nervous that when Fred answered the phone she was focused on the phone booth graffiti and greeted him by saying, "Shit." Fred laughed and she agreed to marry him.