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TIL The Microsoft Zune could send songs to nearby Zunes similar to AirDrop via a feature called "squirting"

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0wlv1 TIL the founder of the USA’s earliest lesbian bar was deported for obscenity and was eventually murdered at Auschwitz.
wRN7 TIL the world’s longest place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”.
jNoNn TIL the original 3 Musketeer bars of the 1930's came in packs of three: one bar with vanilla nougat, one with chocolate nougat and one with strawberry nougat (hence the name "Three Musketeers"). WWII rations made the company reduce the three pack to just one bar with chocolate nougat.
NryJ TIL Burger King’s New French Fries Took Ten Years to Develop
jk9X TIL Captain America was first published a year prior to Pearl Harbor, when there was still strong isolationist opposition to America becoming involved in World War II