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TIL in the late 1990s, certain digital cameras used 3.5-inch floppy disks for picture storage

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OwaX TIL Police officers are blue because they were originally surplus US army uniforms after the civil war
a860N TIL the most effective surrender leaflet in WW2 was known as the "Passierschein". It was designed to appeal to German sensibilities for official, fancy documents printed on nice paper with official seals and signatures. It promised safe passage and generous treatment to any who presented it.
v1ZoK TIL the war game "The Campaign for North Africa" is infamous for absurd it's depth and complexity, where campaigns take and estimated 1500 hours to complete and Italian troops require more water per turn that other troops in order to boil their rationed pasta.
4PEN TIL that the Higgs boson, commonly refered to as the “God Particle”, was originally intended to be name the “goddamn particle”, but Leon Lederman’s publisher asked that it be changed. Higgs, an atheist, was unhappy with the nickname because he thought the term “might offend people who are religious”
vJwx TIL: Jackie Gleason once was an actual pool shark. He made all his own trick shots in The Hustler (1961).