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TIL that the shortcut SHIFT + TAB moves you back to the previous input field. I no longer have to TAB 10 times to get back to the field I skipped

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jZVM TIL that the “Waffle House Index” is used to informally assess the damage of a storm including 3 levels to code for the number of Waffle Houses still open in the damaged area due to the restaurants reputation to stay open after disasters.
m11dM TIL that despite many people saying they have watched dozens or even hundreds of episodes of Mr. Bean over the last 30 years, only 15 episodes aired from 1992 to 1995.
E1jxP TIL that Beethoven didn't know how to read a metronome and that's why his tempo indications are slower than what feels right (+-12bpm). After decades of theorising about it, turns out he was just writing down the number on the bottom of the metronome's upper weight, not the top.
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9ebm TIL in 1970, a bomb exploded in the Senate Chamber of the Louisiana State Capitol building and left a pencil embedded in the ceiling, where it remains to this day.