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TIL that the Vikings, after having settled Greenland, started to export 'Unicorn Horns'

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4kK45 TIL We Might Have a Negative Leap Second. If UTC−UT1 (Figure 4) continues downward past −0.5 then we might need to have a minute with only 59 seconds for the first time ever. "We are almost as likely as not to experience a negative leap second in the next 12 years."
OoxxL TIL that the official pronunciation (per NIST) for the prefix Giga is with a soft G. For example, Gigabyte is pronounced "Jigabyte" not "Gigabyte".
nWE6r TIL Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon made a pinball game about driving Marilyn Monroe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Santa Claus, and Dracula around in a taxi
Rv68 TIL Walt Disney specified that Cinderella Castle at Disney World would be just short enough not to require a flashing red aircraft warning light on top distracting from the “magic.”
7rm6O TIL: Gouveneur Morris (NY), an abolitionist founding father died "after causing himself internal injuries and an infection while using a piece of whalebone as a catheter to attempt clearing a blockage in his urinary tract."