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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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9RWM TIL French Emperor Napoleon wore poison around his neck in case he was captured. When he finally was captured he tried to use it to kill himself, but it had lost its strength and only made him violently ill.
7rM97 TIL of Diren Dede, a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany, who entered the garage of Markus Kaarma looking for alcohol, and Kaarma deliberately set alcohol out as bait. Kaarma was sentenced to 70 years in prison for deliberate homicide.
DQAwV TIL that in 1941 a group of free-thinkers gathered together in a cabin in the woods to perform a black magic ritual to kill Adolf Hitler - and they brought a photographer from LIFE Magazine with them to document it!
VBMv8 TIL cactus only grow naturally in the Americas and some can be found near the poles
yQOQe TIL of Gramercy Park, a private park in NYC for neighboring residents that requires a $350 key and a $7500 annual fee to enter.