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TIL about Xennials, a micro-generation described as having had "an analog childhood and a digital adulthood"

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78mVM TIL of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists who where executed in Massachussets in 1927 for murder, their execution triggering riots in Europe, Japan and S. America; widely believed to be innocent
0wwN TIL: that a group of developers spent 8 years Recreating Streets Of Rage. The game had over 100 levels, 19 playable characters, and 76 remixed songs. Sega shut it down a week after it was released.
Ov76 TIL that scientists have developed a Laser of a very specific wavelength that is able to refrigerate by causing the object hit to release a photon which carries away more energy in the form of light than it absorbs.
Wk97Y TIL during WWII, American POWs in Japan had a 40% chance of dying compared to American POWs in Germany who had a 1% chance of dying.
ggkW TIL in medieval castles, stairwells ran clockwise, so attackers coming up the stairs had their sword hands (right hand) against the wall’s interior curve which made it hard for them to swing their swords. Defenders had their swords on the outside wall, which meant more room to swing.