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TIL that in 1857 a hurricane sank the SS Central America with roughly 30,000 pounds of California Gold Rush gold aboard, and the loss helped spark the Panic of 1857, one of the first global economic crises.

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MeaP7 TIL that there is an extended version of both Kill Bill movies in a 4-hour cut that includes new content and is shown rarely in Quentin Tarantino’s movie theater the New Beverly Cinema.
VkN4 TIL that the word “Android” refers only to a male looking robot, for one that looks like a female the proper term is “Gynoid”.
5YPgB TIL in 2016, Apple released software that would self-destruct iPhones if a repair was made on it by a third party, forcing customers to buy a new one. These practices were found illegal in countries with consumer laws such as Australia, forcing Apple to stop.
V7Z8 TIL the inventor of the floppy disk, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, would nearly drown himself to death in order to come up with ideas, believing the lack of oxygen would help him think creatively.
nYPY TIL that the rail system in Europe is so good because better rail systems mobilized armies better for WWI.