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TIL that the power button symbol is based off of binary’s off (0) and on (1)

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MVMK TIL that on May 30, 1883, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse caused a stampede, which killed at least twelve people. To prove the bridge was safe, P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants over it.
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