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TIL That Bender from Futurama and The Nintendo Entertainment System share the same microprocessor.

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P1xGL TIL that since 1959 in the US, imperial distance measurements (foot, yard, etc.) are standardized in reference to metric distance measurements, e.g. the inch is defined by an exact centimeter amount
Lk9NP TIL Mexico was the only country to protest the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. To honor that support, there is a square in Vienna named "Mexikoplatz".
69QEl TIL of Africa, Ohio, USA, the only town in the world named after the Underground Railroad, the series of networks to help slaves escape Southern US slave states. The name is derived from a mocking comment from a pro-slavery neighbor referring to the the community of escaped slaves there as Africa.
N7e9Q TIL Vietnam vets have told William Shatner how they'd "keep sane" while in POW camps by re-enacting Star Trek episodes
W8JL TIL about Saint Patrick’s Batallion, a group of 700 Irish and African-Americans who rebelled during America’s invasion of Mexico and fought on the Mexican side. A 1999 film about them was censored by its US distributor and never shown.