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TIL The Simpsons is credited with the popularization of the word “Meh”

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Oord1 TIL that the shortcut SHIFT + TAB moves you back to the previous input field. I no longer have to TAB 10 times to get back to the field I skipped
VMQGm TIL the Church of Scientology sponsored a car in the 1988 Indy 500. It crashed on the second turn.
QNVd6 TIL that a 1958 earthquake in Alaska triggered a landslide which caused the water to reach heights ("runup") of over 500m, or over 1,640 ft
Z8xER TIL That James Earl Jones “once” used a CB radio to talk to truckers in his Darth Vader voice and used Darth as his handle. He stopped because the truckers “totally freaked out.”
pA0b TIL that a Japanese survivor from the Titanic was ostracised by the Japanese public, press and government for not doing the honourable thing and drowning with everyone else