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TIL Half the cast of Firefly served as voice actors on Halo 3: ODST

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89JP TIL that our modern idea of headphone plugs is >130yrs old. It was invented in 1878, and is thus possibly the oldest electrical connector standard still in use today!
9kKQ TIL during the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev said to Mao Zedong that “Berlin is the testicles of the West. Every time I want to make the West scream, I squeeze on Berlin.”
yQA1V TIL about the "Duffy Blood Group" which serves as a receptor for some malaria species and that it is less present in Blacks resulting in increased resistance to malaria
Brgjr TIL ABC only aired "Clerks: The Animated Show" twice before canceling it. They aired the fourth episode first, and then aired the second episode despite the fact that the second episode is a 'flashback' episode, and derives much of its humor from the fact that it flashes back to the first episode.
womE6 TIL that in 2018, Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini, and this was partially to prevent confusion with Switzerland.