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TIL: the key command win + . brings up an emoji menu.

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1YKd TIL that when it was revealed that Australia’s tallest peak Mount Kościuszko was actually lower than that of neighboring Mount Townsend by about 100 feet, the Australian government switched the two peaks’ names
VXkG TIL Clint Eastwood was offered the role as James Bond, but although flattered he turned down the offer, stating that 007 should be played by an Englishman.
woeO8 TIL that "the father of the atom bomb" Robert Oppenheimer's daughter Toni was refused security clearance as a UN translator after the FBI brought up the old charges against her father. In 1977 she hanged herself at the beach house she inherited from her parents.
v1ZlR TIL that in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world to grant women national voting rights.
EgYkw TIL that ciabatta is not a long-established, traditional Italian bread. It was invented in 1982, largely as a response to the popularity of French baguettes.