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TIL there are more copies of VLC media player than there are traffic cones in use, according to a 2020 blog post, and videolan.org.

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VLeD TIL that if you took all the gold in the world and made it into a cube, it would only measure 20.5m on a side
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0K45 TIL that the “Atari Shuffle” was a trick used to get free plays from early coin-op arcade games. The trick involved players shuffling their feet to build a static charge, which could then be used to zap the machine into giving them a free game. (Referenced at 1:02)
KYExE TIL that the Battle of Aspern-Essling in May 1809, marked the first time Napoleon had lost in a decade, and helped to shatter the invincible image he had previously had.
ZpyLY TIL the Austrlian jewel beetle nearly went extinct because of Emu beer bottles. Their colour and texture drove the male beetles wild with lust, causing them to ignore the females of the species and swarm the bottles until they starved to death or were eaten by other animals.