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TIL of the Turner Doomsday Video where if the world were to ever end CNN would air this pre recorded video

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a7lJ TIL Pirate Bay: survey says that 80% of our torrents are legal
GY0N5 TIL Jesse Owens set 5 world records in 45 minutes at the Olympics
GYkOG TIL that the term "counting sheep" probably originated when early sheep herders couldn't get to sleep at night because they were worried about all of the sheep in their field. So they'd soothe themselves by counting the herd up to make sure they were all there.
LkpG0 TIL that in a Black Mirror episode aired in December 2017, a self-driving pizza delivery truck hits a pedestrian. Two weeks later, Pizza Hut and Toyota announced a partnership to make self-driving cars that could deliver pizza.
GAGVJ TIL: The British Secret Service discovered that semen made a great invisible ink while under the leadership of Mansfield Smith-Cumming. His agents adopted the motto, "Every man his own stylo." They later stopped the use due to the smell and questions about agents' masturbatory habits.