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TIL capital letters were stored in the upper tray for typefaces. This is why they’re called uppercase.

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XWDj TIL that when Joseph Heller—author of the classic American novel ‘Catch-22'—was told that he had never written anything else as good as his book, he replied “Who has?”
woonP TIL about the 1994 Black Hawk friendly-fire incident, in which 2 USAF F-15s shot down 2 US Army Black Hawk helicopters, killing all 26 on-board.
0waxL TIL: Hollywood only has 4% market share in India, compared to overwhelming dominance in other Asian countries like Japan ,South Korea and China.
wvx8 TIL that Satoru Iwata, while CEO of Nintendo, spent 3 weeks debugging Super Smash Bros. Melee so that it released on time
R954 TIL That 2 damaged Israeli Centurion tanks during the Yom Kippur War, fought & completely destroyed 60 Syrian T-55’s & T-62’s, annihilating the Tank division in the Golan Heights and ultimately halting their advance.