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TIL Linux 4.0’s codename is “Hurr durr I'ma sheep”

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gM08X TIL that the Pointer Sisters provided the vocals for the long running Sesame Street "Pinball Number Count" animated segment.
W7VRY TIL that the cotton in your pill bottles should always be thrown out. Once they were used to stop medication from knocking about the bottle and crumbling, but are now coated to avoid this. Today, the cotton ball can only serve as a moisture trap that may compromise your medications/vitamins.
1a0xd TIL that of the 10 highest attended sports leagues worldwide, only 4 of them are for association football
pYBl8 TIL that Joseph Kerwin was convicted on 1904 of piracy after robbing Adelia Sweeting on a ship on Lake Erie, since this ship was judged to be in "high seas"
dDynd TIL that The battle on ice, known as the 'ice massacre', is the only instance in history of a full-scale battle on a frozen lake, resulting in the Teutonic knights being dramatically defeated when the ice gave way beneath them under the weight of their armour