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TIL: In July 2011, a survey found that Flash Player had 99% market penetration in desktop browsers in "mature markets", while Shockwave Player claimed only 41% in these markets

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Jl1B TIL that Topher Grace edited together the Star Wars prequels into an 85 minute film that was described by Peter Sciretta of Slashfilms as “probably the best possible edit of the Star Wars prequels given the footage released and available.”
QjLk TIL in the most famous account of her birth, Aphrodite was created when the titan Kronos castrated his father, Uranus. When the genitals fell into the sea, Aphrodite was born. This would also make her the oldest of the Gods and Goddesses.
xVon7 TIL Seth Green almost ended up playing Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob) in Mallrats. The studio didn't want Jason Mews in the role and he was forced to audition for it. While Kevin Smith successfully fought off studio execs, Mews had to audition for the role alongside both Seth Green and Breckin Meyer.
e0Ay5 TIL: The reason we say "o clock" is from the period when mechanical clocks and their sundial predecessors overlapped. To clarify which type of time you were giving you'd say, for example, "10 on the clock" which became "10 o' clock"
ZpJwR TIL at the 1977 South African F1 Grand Prix, driver Tom Pryce struck a 19 year old race marshal at 170mph who had crossed the track without permission to deal with a broken down car. The fire extinguisher carried by the marshal struck Pryce in the head, also killing him instantly.