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

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Wk8rL TIL that ELO's first album, which was titled 'The Electric Light Orchestra', was released in the USA under the name 'No Answer'; someone had called a United Artists Records executive to ask about the album name, and after failing to reach a contact, wrote 'no answer' in his notes
yQZxM TIL about the emerald wasp. The wasp uses a special venom to prey on cockroaches. Once stung, the cockroach looses its free will and is led by the wasp to its burrow, where it will be buried and eaten alive by the wasp's larvae.
PmEV TIL That a math cult lead by Pythagoras murdered the man that leaked the secret that the number root two was irrational.
N79v6 TIL: Danielle Steele, the best-selling author alive, puts out 6-7 bestsellers a year, has 9 kids and sleeps only 4 hours a day
nW9bY TIL Lufthansa was losing approximately 500,000 euros per hour in 2021. Lufthansa admitted in 2022 that it operated over 18,000 empty flights during the pandemic simply to keep airport slots.