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TIL of Machine Identification Code (MIC), a pattern of yellow dots color printers add to their output that has metadata about the printer, the document and the operator. Its existence was secret for more than 15 years.

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mLQO TIL that Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence both left- and right-handed and performed all of the fencing in the sword fight scene for The Princess Bride
J1y54 TIL that Elphaba - the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in the musical "Wicked" - was derived from the pronunciation of The Wizard of Oz's author L. Frank Baum: LFB, Elphaba
X8QX TIL that before she was famous, Nicki Minaj was fired from approximately fifteen jobs for discourtesy to customers.
MeBZA TIL Nasa hires a chief sniffer to smell everything that sends to space...
evn TIL that giraffes can go without water longer than a camel