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TIL despite being over 25 years old, the musical instrument digital interface, MIDI, is still on version 1.0! A testament to good design.

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mx6Yp TIL Billy Joel got into an argument with a younger man about what the worst era to be young in was. The younger man told Joel that at least he got to grow up in the 50s when "nothing happened." Flabbergasted, Joel began listing the events of the 50s, which later became "We Didn't Start the Fire"
E1xaX TIL alligators will allow themselves to be frozen in place in a pond to survive freezing temperatures. They seem to know instinctively just when the water will freeze and stick their noses out of the water, allowing the water to freeze around them.
p8DJp TIL that Cashews (and Mangoes) are in the same family as Poison Ivy. In fact Cashew shells, when freshly picked, cause poison-ivy type symptoms.
4NRb TIL that today in 1680, the Pueblos of N.M. were joined in unity by their leader Popé to fight against their Spanish oppressors. Known as the Pueblo Revolt, the Pueblos drove off the Spanish for the next 12 years, saving their identity and religion, which was sought to be destroyed at that time.
OoEdY TIL 3 Mile Island contained nearly all of its radioactive material and subjected surrounding residents to the amount of radiation equivalent to a half a chest xray. No additional deaths are implicated.