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TIL the first Ariane 5 launch failed because software engineers left redundant code from the previous version of the rocket. A 64-bit FP variable was made as an input to a 16 bit integer, resulting in an integer overflow that crashed the rocket's launch computer.

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dDEmd TIL that the Eastern Front alone is enough to make WWII one of the, if not the single deadliest war of all time. Of the approximately 80 million deaths caused by WWII, about 40 million were on the eastern front.
x6AOg TIL that there's an annual soccer competition, called the Muratti Vase, inaugurated in 1905, between teams representing the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. Jersey won it 57 times, Guernsey 46 times and Alderney just once in 1920 and hasn't been to a final in almost 90 years
J1YAV TIL that Chuck E Cheese was created by the Co-Founder of Atari Video Games as a way to open up arcade games to younger children.
mxBdP TIL Haiku are supposed to focus on seasons and incorporate a Kireji (cutting word). What the Western world thinks are Haiku are actually Senryuu, everyday poems that are just 5-7-5 syllables.
7rBNM TIL that the Billy Joel song "She's Always a Woman" was the last song that played in the World Trade Center Plaza before the Towers' collapse on September 11, 2001