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TIL a quine is a computer program that takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output.

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b9QbE TIL that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima killed or injured over 90 percent of the doctors and 93 percent of the nurses in the city. On the day of the bombing, only one doctor, Terufumi Sasaki, remained on duty at the Red Cross Hospital.
ZpKPo TIL Five US States - Delaware, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming - all lack a city over 100k population
DNwp TIL During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, tourists made bookings at the wrong Vancouver in Washington
6R5Z TIL researchers used a weather balloon to carry 200 paper planes 20 miles up from a barn in Wolfsberg, Germany. The planes were released and found in numerous countries, such as Australia, Russia, and India.
VMYjD TIL Canada and Denmark have a territorial dispute over Hans Island in which each country removes the others flag and leaves bottles of alcohol (whiskey from Canada and Schnapps from Denmark) every few months for the other countries military when they return to reclaim the island.