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TIL Nikon camera brand belongs to Mitsubishi

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xVMBB TIL: the world's first HD 6DoF video (VR video where you can walk around like in a game) was sized at 3GB per frame. 10 minutes of video would be 1800GB.
e0x4J TIL The Queen of England has only ever broken protocol for The Changing Of The Guard once. On 9/12/2001, the day after The September 11th attacks on The World Trade Center in The United States. Instead of The English National Anthem being played during the change, it was the US National Anthem.
6EDZl TIL the Australian insult "drongo" comes from a failed race horse, which itself was named after a native bird.
mxLep TIL Cross River gorillas are the rarest of all great apes and were unknown to scientists until the early 20th century. They were forgotten, then “rediscovered” after scientists had believed the gorillas had become extinct
8a1DV TIL of Gourmand syndrome, a rare eating disorder caused by brain damage in the frontal lobe. The only symptom is a sudden obsessive passion for gourmet food and fine dining