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TIL 7 Ways Hong Kong Protesters Used Low-Tech Hacks to Fight Back

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WkokB TIL that Coca-Cola never patented their "secret formula" because otherwise they would be required to disclose it to the public.
E18oV TIL Python's official documentation encourages you to make Monty Python references in your code documentation, since that's what the language is named after.
W7NJY TIL that 12 players in the NL and AL of major leagues have hit .400 since 1900, and that Ted Williams was (just) the last of them. If you expand to Negro Leagues it's 27 players since 1900, and 42 since 1876.
kONM5 TIL that you are about 5 times more likely to make money while gambling on roulette at Caesar's Palace (2.9%) than you are working a MLM (0.4%)
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