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TIL Matrix's iconic green code isn't complicated algorithm but Japanese shushi recipes.

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nW8o7 TIL that early RV’s in the 1920’s were referred to as Housecars and were often modelled after airplanes, boats and buses.
Me9Ga TIL about the Mafia hypothesis which suggests that certain brood parasites such as the great spotted cuckoo will destroy other species' nests if they do not care for the parasites' eggs
e604 TIL Europeans who are descended from survivors of the Black Death and smallpox can have an immunity to HIV/AIDS.
rN1d4 TIL about Ashok Khemka, an IAS officer (Indian Civil Service bureaucrat), who has been transferred 54 times in 29 years by state governments, because he keeps exposing corruption.
KYvW6 TIL that several crew members onboard the Challenger space shuttle survived the initial breakup. It is theorized that some were conscious until they hit the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.