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TIL forks were once considered an affront to God

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9Y9MX TIL the movie (and song) “9 to 5” was inspired by an actual women’s labor movement called 9 to 5 that started in Boston in the 1970s
aw0R0 TIL that real-life velociraptors were roughly the size of a turkey, and it's been claimed that if they were alive today our first impression would be that they were just very unusual looking birds.
W7eBN TIL The first person to fly a powered aircraft in Australia was escape artist Harry Houdini
m6no TIL in 2005 A Texas man created an internet controlled remote firearm with webcam mount for people wanting to hunt game online. It was quickly shut down by the Government of Texas.
grxgy TIL I learned that there was a suspected fifth flight on 9/11 that was thwarted by the nationwide ground stop. When the captain said the flight was returning to the gate, several first class passengers got very upset and demanded to speak to the captain. Back at the gate, they ran off the plane.