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TIL There’s a hedgehog cuddling cafe in Tokyo

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7LDx TIL: In 2004, a white, African-born Omaha student was suspended for seeking his school’s “Distinguished African-American Student” award
YgDd TIL the term “meh” as an indifferent response gained popularity in the modern lexicon after its use on “The Simpsons.”
Oo9EL TIL Control+Alt+Delete was used to log into Windows. According to Bill Gates, there was an option to make a single button for such a command, but the IBM keyboard designer didn’t want to give Microsoft a single button. So Microsoft decided to use “Ctrl+Alt+Del” as a way to log into Windows.
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wokEJ TIL about airship spy baskets. Used by Germans during WW1, an airship hidden above clouds would lower a basket with a lookout below the clouds to help navigate or find bombing targets.