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TIL that Cambodia has an unemployment rate of approximately 0%

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8eXxb TIL Siri has Harry Potter spell commands that actually work on your iPhone
nMWb TIL The Concorde supersonic jet stretched during flight due to the heat it generated. On its final flight the crew placed their hats into a crevice in the floor which appeared during the flight, as the aircraft cooled the crevice closed, permanently sealing their hats in the aluminum airframe.
rbmo TIL that Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony was originally named ‘Bonaparte’ and dedicated to him. But when he learned that Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, he was so angered that he scratched the name off the title page with such vehemence it tore a hole.
PkMg TIL the name of the first Porsche 911 was actually the Porsche 901. It was changed to 911 after Peugeot protested that they had exclusive rights to car names that consisted of 3 numbers with the middle number being a zero.
0k41 TIL that in rural Georgia, there are still “Whites Only” school functions, where non-whites are turned away by the police. In 2013, Wilcox County High School will be having its first integrated prom.