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TIL that certain phrases can trigger cool animations on iMessage

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dXnj TIL as a thoughtful gesture for his editor Sally Menke, who would slave away in the editing room, Quentin Tarantino and cast and crew would often wave at the camera at the start and finish of the take and say ‘Hello Sally!’
Oooa1 TIL that 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime.
BrjxD TIL in 35th fastest supercomputer in the world in 2010 was The Condor Cluster built by the US Air Force from over 1700 PS3s linked together running Linux
Zpx7D TIL that a real estate agent in NYC used to buy the bread of all of the Orthodox Jews in NYC during Passover and then sell it back to them at cost so they didn't break Rabinical law.
gMmjW TIL about a 17th Century Swordswoman called Julie d'Aubigny, who fell in love with a nun at a convent. In order to run away with her new love, she stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in the bed of her lover, and set the room on fire to cover their escape.