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TIL, an object that takes the shape of an object of older technology while using newer technologies with it are called a Skeuomorph

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4knV6 TIL of the Ovitz family, not only the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded but also the largest family (12 people ranging from a 15-month-old baby to a 58-year-old woman) to enter Auschwitz and survive intact
x6Dg TIL Since 1945, all British tanks have come equipped with tea making facilities
X0vMR TIL on Easter Sunday someone accessed the GardaWorld cash storage facility in Sylmar & stole $30 million in what's considered the largest heist in Los Angeles history. The culprit managed to breach the facility & then disappear with the loot without anyone noticing until the next day.
5kbB TIL the paramedic who pulled baby Jessica from the well in 1993 suffered PTSD from the event and later committed suicide
4Mpb TIL that due to time dilation one could travel thousands of light years in a human lifespan without exceeding the speed of light