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TIL That the 3 lines button is offically called the Hamburger button

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DDkV TIL there were 6 assassins sent to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and 1 of them threw a bomb that exploded under the wrong car. His assassination failed, he took a cyanide pill and jumped into the river. The pill only induced vomiting and the river was only 13cm deep. He failed at killing himself too
ZpyGv TIL the small town of Taihape, New Zealand is known as the "Gumboot Capital of the World" because a fictional farmer character is from there. It hosts an annual Gumboot Day festival and gumboot tossing competition.
xVm41 TIL during takeoff, until past 10'000 feet, airline cockpits are "sterile" meaning any discussion must be related to the flight and nothing casual.
o9pE TIL That the word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
EgD6V TIL DreamWorks hired 120 former NASA scientists to help them develop technology for films such as “Home,” “Rise of the Guardians,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” and “How To Train Your Dragon 2.”