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TIL in 2002, Danish ornithologists reported that birds, especially Starlings, were imitating Nokia’s classic ring tone in their mating calls

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R759Q TIL Jurrasic Park's T-Rex was almost as dangerous as a real one (and almost killed someone).
RWN7 TIL that Canadian engineers wear a ring to remind them of the seriousness of their profession.
4WnX TIL that “Highway Gothic” are a standard set of fonts specifically designed since 1948 to maximize legibility at distance and high speed, and are used on highway signs around the world.
e8JE TIL The first ballpoint pens in America sold for $12.50, the equivalent of $164 today.
ogr8 TIL A Pyrrhic victory is one in which the victor incurs such damage on the path to victory that the outcome is no better than defeat.