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TIL the first ever transatlantic radio signal was received here in Canada, morse code for the letter “s”

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WkbbX TIL in 1971 Roger Daltrey of The Who convinced his bank to lend him £39,500 for a house by having them believe that, as a major star, he was a millionaire. However, due to reckless tour spending The Who actually were £600k in debt at the time.
rVry TIL Norway has mandatory conscription for all males and females for one year.
bKR4 TIL that in Blade Runner(1982) The CEO of the Tyrell Corporation was mentor to Peter Weyland, the CEO of the Weyland Corporation from the Alien franchise.
LvNZ TIL that “Pocari Sweat”, a Japanese soft/sports drink, will be the first commercial product advertised on the Moon following a capsule launch planned in October 2015.
PYKGe TIL Even though a chess grandmaster can perfectly rearrange a midgame chessboard after seeing it for only 3 seconds, they can't do the same when the pieces are placed at random. They rely on a process called "chunking" (pattern recognition) vs common perception that they have photographic memories.