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TIL: The 'secret' nuclear missile launch code during the Cold War was '00000000'

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X06PD TIL right to private copying allows in Switzerland to download music, films and e-books through a tax on all storage media. (Art. 19 Abs. 1 lit. a URG). Copy protection can be removed from purchased software (Art. 39a Abs. 4 URG). File sharing and commercial use are illegal.
LQ1gZ TIL sperm have olfactory guidance. They literally smell their way to the egg.
MGV7 TIL that Toto, the dog in The Wizard of Oz, was paid $125 a week while the Munchkin actors were only paid $50-$100 a week.
n1kP TIL the San Marino national football team have played over 120 competative matches in their history and won 0 of them
nW9VG TIL the Siege of Sarajevo lasted 1,425 days, the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.