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TIL that the word "Podcast" came from "iPod + Broadcast"

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wLer7 TIL Berlin is the only capital city in Europe that is a drag on its country's economy
LREZ TIL WW2 pilots carried hollow metal spheres that would implode when they sunk to a certain depth, allowing their location to be triangulated from up to 3000 miles away.
jNa4R TIL a horse stands on the tip of one toe. The remaining “fingers” have long since faded away with the evolution of the horse, but the split bones along the cannon bone are vestigial remnants of the second and fourth fingers
R4r8 TIL Harvard has a two semester math course that covers four years of material, has a +75% drop/fail rate, and is considered by many to be the most difficult undergraduate class in the country.
ElVo TIL that in 1936 a rare million-dollar Stradivarius violin got stolen from virtuoso Hall Huberman. The thief, a café musician named Julian Altman, became famous and performed for presidents. 49 years after the theft, he confessed to the theft on his deathbed and his wife received $263k finder’s fee.