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TIL that Unreal Engine 3 was used for the backgrounds in LazyTown

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VQJB TIL, while Samuel Morse was in New York, he received a letter that warned of his wife’s illness. Morse left for home but arrived to find his wife already buried. Heartbroken that for days he was unaware of his wife’s illness and death lead him to research and patent the telegraph 22 years later.
OoXyg TIL in UI/UX, menu layouts are officially recognized by food names (ex.••• is called ‘meatball menu’).
1abwP TIL of the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard. Unseasonably warm temperatures of 65°F in mid-November were followed by one of the worst blizzards in Midwest history which created drifts more than 20 feet high. The blizzard ultimately killed more than 150 people and allegedly 1.5 million turkeys.
WkWLY TIL that dolphins have a highly developed spoken language, similar to the human language. This indicates a high level of intelligence and consciousness in dolphins. In addition to this, dolphin brains are somewhat larger and more complex than human ones.
PYr0L TIL in France, private DNA paternity testing is illegal, punishable by up to a year in prison and a €15,000 fine.