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TIL that the first videogame to use over-the-shoulder camera angle was Spacewar (1962)

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jNBmM TIL of Devon Lee who on Feb 23rd, 1885, was attempted to be hung 3 separate times, but all 3 failed due to a faulty door that worked perfectly fine when Lee wasn't on deck. After the 3rd failed attempt, due to the law, he was returned to his cell and eventually acquitted some years later.
DQMGg TIL - there is a class of Stainless Steel alloys, called ferritic or 400 series, that are magnetic, unlike most stainless steel alloys.
8D9X TIL A group of wild bunnies is called a fluffle.
1ppX TIL Daft Punk were admitted into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and were individually awarded the rank of Chevalier, or knight.
NXjvJ TIL that Graf Zeppelin, the first zeppelin to cross the Atlantic, devoted about 30% of its total gas volume to non-lifting synthetic gas. It was used as fuel in combination with diesel to power the dirigible.