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TIL: VLC Media Player uses a traffic cone as it’s logo because the students who had created the program had a traffic cone collection

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xVxMk TIL the late king of Jordan was an avid Amateur Radio operator who regularly interacted with people around the world. Taking conversations from anyone who had the privilege of having his JY1 call sign respond he never allowed anyone to call him King on the net, and helped the hobby gain members.
wLWM7 Today I learned a business got the US government to topple a democratically elected government under false pretenses over bananas.
yVnRa TIL that Italian-born skier Alessia Afi Dipol had only been to Togo once before representing the African country at its first Winter Olympics in 2014. She became a citizen just before the games started and later said she chose to represent Togo because her father owns a clothing factory there.
E1Lmx TIL CDs still account for 70% of music sales in Japan as of 2020.
b6Joa TIL A Qantas Boeing 747 once carried an extra engine on its wing between Sydney and Johannesburg