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TIL the Greek question mark is nearly identical to the semicolon, to the point that its Unicode representation is, in practice, equivalent

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GA5w7 TIL of a disgruntled designer for SimCopter (1996) that created an Easter Egg that would spawn "shirtless men in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other" in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th. But the RNG he created for it malfunctioned, leading them to appear frequently
GVYJ TIL: incubating premature babies got it’s start as a side show exhibit in Coney Island
Meog7 TIL Moments before taking office, Brazillian president Itamar Franco handed senators a piece of paper on which he had listed his personal net worth and properties. A popular president, his approval rating reached 60 percent and it soared to nearly 80–90 percent at end of term
Ep8X TIL When a bald eagle loses a feather on one wing, it will lose a feather on the other in order to keep its balance.
nWK1b TIL the Unabomber's (Ted Kaczynski) cabin was in FBI storage for several years before becoming a museum piece.