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TIL: FedEx officially recognizes 'Taiwan' as 'Taiwan, China'

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BrodD TIL that Theodore Roosevelt declared war on banana peels!
ADX0o TIL that a German carpenter named Georg Elser attempted to assassinate Hitler in November 1939, only one month into WWII. His bomb, hidden at a speech venue, went off successfully but failed to kill Hitler, who had finished his speech and left early.
69LVl TIL that helium gas can disrupt iPhones by interfering with their internal clocks. This interference affects the phone's MEMS timing oscillator, causing the phone to crash repeatedly and lose connectivity. As a result, exposure to helium makes the device unstable and unable to function properly.
x6vv7 TIL: Fire ants aren't native to North America and were accidentally imported in the 1930's.
x6BWk TIL that the Colosseum in Rome was built with by Emperor Vespasian with the spoils of the looted second Temple