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TIL that pressing the numbers 1-9 while watching a YouTube video will jump the video to the 10%-90% playback locations, and pressing 0 will jump it back to the beginning. Also works with embedded YT videos. Doesn’t work with the numeric pad, only the numbers above the letters on your keyboard.

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Y7PdA TIL there is a pyramid being built in Germany that is scheduled to be completed in 3183. It consists of 7-ton concrete blocks placed every 10 years, with the fourth block to be placed on September 9 2023.
OGgla TIL that England was a Republic from 1649 to 1660, in a period known as the Interregnum. Shortly after Cromwell’s death and the failure of the following Protectorate in which his son was Lord Protector, the army invited Charles I’s son to become King Charles II, and restored the monarchy.
Wrvo TIL that GM killed off it’s Electric Vehicle, the EV1 because it allegedly threatened the oil industry. Ex-CEO of GM, Rick Wagoner, said the biggest mistake he ever made as chief executive was killing the EV1 car.
Y7V9x TIL that Mbaye Diagne was a UN peacekeeper who disobeyed his orders to stand down during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Acting entirely on his own initiative, he embarked on rescue missions. Diagne is credited with singlehandedly saving the lives of as many as 1000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
VMWkZ TIL that Westminster Abbey has a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is part of a series on 20th Century martyrs, and includes Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, and Oscar Romeo of El Salvador. They were designed to fill ten Gothic niches during a renovation.