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TIL saying “ahoy-hoy” was at one time the preferred way to answer the phone.

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rd4x TIL the European Space Agency and EU are currently deploying an alternative to GPS, called “Galileo”. As well as being accurate to 1cm, it will also have a “Search and Rescue Service”, where distress signals can be picked up from anywhere on Earth. The full system will be completed by 2019.
9LDM TIL There was a portuguese man that saved more jews during the WWII than Schindler. He saved 30 000 jews and was punished by his government for doing so. He died in misery, striped of all his titles and money.
N70GQ TIL in some states homeowners are legally obligated to disclose if a property is haunted to potential buyers. It is considered a “psychological” or “emotional” issues or defects.
vPQBB TIL the reason Roger Moore decided to end his 7 film run as James Bond was because he was disgusted by the greatly increasing age gap between himself and the leading ladies. The final straw was when he discovered he was older than the mother of “A View to a Kill” star Tanya Roberts.
bZlp TIL that in Switzerland it’s LEGAL to download any kind of copyrighted media.