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TIL of musician Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), whose label gave him the stage name U.S. Bonds in the hopes of getting him accidental attention through public service announcements advertising the sale of government bonds (i.e. buy U.S. Bonds).

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 9:52 pm

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TIL about the SS Wien / SS Po the only ship to have served in both World Wars and sunk in both wars. The SS Wien was originally in Austrian service but in 1918 was sunk by Italian frogmen. It was then raised in 1921 and purchased by Italy serving until 1941 when it was sunk by British Aircraft.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 1:40 pm

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How dare you pretend to be a barely clothed dishie – no shirt no shoes no working a service!

by CopyPastaArchive August 29, 2022, 12:16 pm

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TIL Delaware is the only state in the U.S. without commercial air service. Most of the population is so close to other states’ airports that it doesn’t matter

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 6:26 pm

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TIL That Mount Everest has an ISP and Internet Service

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 2:34 pm

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TIL before Shazam was an app, it was a telephone service which you could call to identify a song. The caller would then get a text message with the song details.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 1:21 pm

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TIL a US train company plans to connect major Northeast metropolitan hubs, including a one-hour service from DC to NYC, with the world’s fastest high-speed trains (operational speed of 310 mph – 500 km/h)

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 7:11 am

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TIL the famous sound of dial-up is the “handshake” between the modem and the Internet Service Provider before translating internet data into soundwaves.

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 2:21 am

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TIL On August 5, 1949 in Helena National Forest, 16 smokejumpers from the Forest Service jumped from planes to put out a fire in Mann Gulch. Shortly after they jumped, a “blow up” occurred in the fire, consuming over 3,000 acres of land in 10 minutes. Only 3 of the smokejumpers survived.

by whatilearned August 17, 2022, 4:39 pm

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TIL Owner of NY limo company that killed 20 in 2018 got 5 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service

by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 12:45 am

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TIL When the P51 mustang was rushed into service in WW2, inevitably there were teething problems, one of which was that while flying, the whole engine sometimes simply dropped out of the airframe

by whatilearned August 4, 2022, 2:15 pm

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TIL the Sega Corporation was originally called Service Games with a focus on coin-operated amusement machines for servicemembers and moved to Japan after the US government outlawed slot machines in 1952.

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 5:42 pm

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