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TIL printers from Canon, Xerox, others add nearly-invisible dots to each printed page containing encoded print date and serial number of printer

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dka7 TIL in 2002, while returning to the US, the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier stopped in Australia, where the sailors wore out the local sex workers to the point the brothel had to close down temporarily.
vAX7 TIL of Frank Durrant, a WW2 British Commando who, while shot 16 times and in Command of a small wooden boat - Took on a German Destroyer so ferociously the German captain recommended to the British Army he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was.
M7r57 TIL in 1959 Nintendo entered into a partnership with The Walt Disney Company to incorporate its characters into playing cards, which opened it up to the children's market and resulted in a boost to Nintendo's playing card business.
a8YeN TIL that Leonard Cohen wrote about 150 different verses for Hallelujah, and that he sung different versions of it at different concerts
gZM8 TIL it is illegal to spay or neuter your dog in Norway except under specific circumstances regarding health, quality of life, or utility.