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TIL 95% of the world’s ATMs are running on Windows XP

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mB8M TIL That Archduke Franz Ferdinand owned an early version of a bulletproof vest made from silk. Despite modern tests indicating that a bullet of the era would have been stopped by it, and Ferdinand knowing that there was a threat to his well-being, he did not wear the vest on the fateful day.
v1PGR TIL that there is a genetic basis for sneezing when you are exposed to sunlight
9YZKD TIL Francisco Franco is credited with saving between 30,000 and 60,000 Jews during the nazi era. He is also thought to have been responsible for killing between 15,000 and 50,000 of his political opponents.
vPKP8 TIL according to the King James Bible, Book of Revelations, the City of God is 1500 miles in length, width and height.
oBpKA TIL the term "little pink"