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TIL English is the only language to capitalize the first-person pronoun “I”

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Bw7K TIL that contrary to popular misconception, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not actually prohibit the use of personal electronic devices on aircraft. It’s actually Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations that prohibit the use of mobile phones aboard aircraft in flight.
pxVN TIL Turbo button on old PC’s actually slowed the CPU down so that older programs which used CPU for timing could run correctly.
J1RQB TIL Galileo Ferraris' invention of Induction Motor, as well as the Three-Phase power systems proceeded Telsa's by 8 months. Infact, The inventor of the Modern Induction Motor (Squirrel Cage) and Three-Phase Power Systems Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, attributed Ferraris as his precursor.
N76ZE TIL the East-West Dichotomy is Cultural and not Geographic, which is why Siberia and Australia are Considered Western Despite Being in the East.
9Y11G TIL In 1997, Boris Yeltsin refused to allow the President of Belarus to let his aircraft into Russia, forcing him to cancel a regional visit. Yeltsin sent a telegram saying the visit could take place only under certain conditions related to the release of a television journalist detained in Belarus