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TIL the CPU from the original PlayStation guided a probe to Pluto

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MeBOb TIL that a 15-minute, 1963 English comedy sketch is still shown nationwide every New Year's Eve in Germany, and may attract half of the entire population. It never appeared on English TV until 2018.
vPRLj TIL of the Chinese submarine Ming III, which was found drifting by fishermen in 2003 after all the crew asphyxiated from the diesel engine using all the oxygen. The dead sailors were all at their posts, implying they died quickly without knowing there was a problem.
oRVlr TIL the US government allowed a Hungarian priest to live in the US embassy in Budapest from 1956 to 1971, where he was fully protected from the Red Army who wanted his head. He never left the building once in 15 years.
VBpD0 Today I learned about Henry Paget, who was not only the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, but also a noted Butterfly Dancer and crossdresser
neWgG TIL when Charles Manson entered prison in 1961 he entered "Scientologist" as his religion