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TIL Time magazine had been naming a "Man of the Year" since 1927, but broke with tradition in 1982 to name the computer the "Machine of the Year". Ironically, the writer of the story wrote it on a typewriter, since Time's newsroom would not get computers for another year.

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W74gA TIL in my cyber security class that tracking pizza deliveries to the Pentagon could reveal classified information:0 Apparently a sudden spike in late-night orders usually happens before a military operation or crisis.
bk6Z TIL that during WWI and WWII the US and British Navy used Dazzle Camouflage which centered around confusion over concealment and resulted in some funky looking ships
lNpN TIL lime is poisonous to dogs
wLDWo TIL that Nikola Tesla loathed round objects, wouldn't touch hair, and was obsessed with the number three
yQ48J TIL legendary football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant earned his nickname by agreeing to wrestle a bear for $1 at a carnival when he was 13 years old. The bear bit his ear, and the carnival never paid him $1.