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TIL the green falling code in "The Matrix" movie is just loads of sushi recipes.

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a8kRN TIL that because of the many sieges and occupations it endured throughout its history, Malta has 5 national days, more than any other country in the world: Freedom Day (31 March), Sette Giugno (7 June), Victory Day (8 September), Independence Day (21 September) and Republic Day (13 December).
R5ZG4 TIL In the 1590s, a Spanish admiral made up an entire nation, complete with dozens of fake coats of arms, so that he could claim to be a nobleman and join a fraternity of knights. In doing so, he accidentally popularized the pan-South-Slavic movement, and caused the founding of Yugoslavia in 1918.
dDXad TIL The Miami Intermodal Center, located near Miami International Airport, was supposed to have an Amtrak station but it was discovered that Amtrak had forgotten to account for their longer winter trains while the platform was being built and trains would've block an adjacent road crossing.
xV8OB TIL in 1960 a Russian man with a bomb tried to hijack Trans Australia Airlines Flight 408. The co-pilot punched him in the face and ripped the wires off the bomb saving everyone on board.
jERN TIL that lobster used to be considered “cockroaches of the sea.” It was fed to prisoners and apprentices, and was used as fish bait.