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TIL the current Constitution of Hungary was drafted on an iPad.

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awWNb TIL Eric Yuan, the founder of Zoom Video Communications, got rejected visa 8 times. before he got approved to move to the US in the mid-1990s.
78VPZ TIL that in 2014, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without using a shark cage. She endured a 104-mile swim through jellyfish and shark-infested waters, taking approximately 53 hours. Amazingly, she was 64 years old when she made this swim.
xYL5 TIL the Energizer Bunny ad campaign did not lead to increased sales. In fact, Energizer’s sales fell. It is speculated consumers associated the bunny with Duracell batteries and purchased them instead.
xVPe0 TIL there is growing body of scientific research showing that reliance on GPS erodes our ability to make our own mental maps.
rLMo TIL that in the Aboriginal Australian language of Ritharrŋu the polite response to a sneeze is “Klas bin gurruwan” meaning “You have released nose-water.” The sneezer then responds with “Bla mela nana!” meaning “I am dry now.”