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TIL of Forward Compatibility, the ability of a system to accept input intended for a later version of itself.

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Q6ak TIL More African elephants are being born without tusks. Ivory poaching may be an evolutionary pressure resulting in survival of the tuskless.
GA71N TIL in July 2014, former military leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega, filed a lawsuit against Activision for allegedly portraying him in Call of Duty: Black Ops II for depicting him and using his name without his consent. The lawsuit was dismissed on October 28, 2014.
W7XpY TIL in the 19th century and before, there exists a Long s character that sometimes designated the presence of 2 s's in a row. It appears in the Bill of Rights.
7rGkp TIL that Matt Patricia is the only rocket scientist coaching in the NFL. Before coaching, he was a working aeronautical engineer who graduated from RPI: a school whose fight song includes "sin", "cosine" and "tangent", as well as six digits of pi.
XElgj TIL scientists developed an implantable device to stimulate nerve regrowth and repair. The tiny electrical stimulator device is attached to the nerve surgically and the body is then able to absorb the device so removal isn't required. It showed success in nerve and muscle recovery in rats.