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TIL that Firefox and Chrome users stay in their jobs 15 percent longer than their Safari and IE counterparts.

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l79jG TIL: In 1962, the U.S. detonated a nuclear bomb in space during the "Starfish Prime" test, 250 miles above Earth. This high-altitude explosion damaged satellites and electrical systems, revealing the far-reaching effects of nuclear tests beyond their immediate area.
7rVlZ TIL that a cow once escaped a slaughterhouse by smashing through a metal fence and breaking the arm of a man that tried to catch her. She swam to an island where she lives alone.
E1lJ7 TIL Natalie Imbruglia’s 1997 hit “Torn” is a cover of a 1993 Danish song called “Burned”.
YpZgv TIL that a woman got her 20 boyfriends to buy her 20 iPhones, then sold them to buy a house
Z8BBv TIL 'Spiking a gun' is when a person would drive a spike or their bayonet into the cannon's touch-hole, making it inoperable. The action was done defensively to stop the enemy from using captured cannons and covert spiking missions were launched to stop counterattacks.