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TIL citizens in Estonia are given an ID card that includes a public/private key pair allowing users to cryptographically sign digital documents

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XN4Q TIL that one of the Queen’s footmen was demoted after it was revealed that he purposely spiked her royal corgis’ food with alcohol, inviting other servants to watch them stagger about.
YGJv TIL NASA engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons was the right number for her 7-day trip to space.
lZdN TIL the inverted cross only became associated with Satan in the 19th Century when a French cult leader was accused of holding erotic Black Masses. He believed the inverted crucifix symbolised the ‘Reign of Love’ as opposed to the 'Reign of Suffering’ of the traditional cross
b9bP7 TIL: Graca Machel, is the only woman in the world’s history to become the first lady of 2 different countries. She was married to the former president of Mozambique, Samora Machel, in 1975 who was killed in a plane crash in 1986. In 1998 she married Nelson Mandela former South African president.
pbmp TIL that Phillips screws were designed so that the bit slips out when a certain torque is reached, preventing over-tightening of parts