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TIL The Y2K bug was real but the predictions of a world-shaking disaster were utter nonsense and caused by hucksters looking to profit from it.

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xVong TIL that HMS Jervis, a destroyer which served in the Royal Navy during WW2, did not lose a single crew member to enemy action despite having participated in 13 major actions and serving throughout the war.
D1OVD TIL the famous pull to refresh in most of our social medias is actually a psychologic trick linking the lever of a gambling machine, thus you anticipate more glory upon doing this some movement of finger on your screen
wLRyo TIL I learned that Agnes Moorehead (Endora from "Bewitched") died of uterine cancer that may have arisen from her once being in a movie ("The Conqueror") that was filmed downwind of a nuclear testing site.
E1rKP TIL the Arrente indigenous people of Central Australia have released a set of indigemojis. They are a set of emojis relevant to their culture and lives and include cool things such as kangaroo tails, troopies, cowboy hat and swag.
neVLP TIL In 2018, the word 'embiggen' from The Simpsons was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. It has been used in research papers on String Theory.