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TIL that until WWII, basically everyone in NYC who moved apartments moved on May 1st

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yoAV TIL that SNES cartridges sometimes contained a coprocessor to help perform complex calculations that the built-in CPU couldn’t handle, the earliest being the SuperFX inside Star Fox
Y1EG TIL Lego designed the holes in minifigure heads to allow kids to keep breathing if they become stuck in their throat
xr8k TIL that when Martha Washington recalled the two saddest days of her life the first was December 14, 1799 when her husband died. The second was in January 1801 when Thomas Jefferson visited Mt Vernon. “Next to the loss of her husband” Jefferson’s visit was the “most painful occurrence of her life.”
0rJy TIL that horses can lose over a gallon of blood when they get a nosebleed.
N7oKM TIL in 2001, while performing the song "Two Step," Dave Matthews sang the words "Let it rain" and immediately the crowd was poured on by a violent rain and hail storm, which did not stop until the song concluded. This performance has now been called "Two Step in the Rain."