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TIL the 1978 space-cadet keyboard had built-in emoji keys

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kOwl1 TIL The United States Marine Corps emblem has a globe showing the western hemisphere, while the Royal Marines emblem has a globe showing (most of) the eastern hemisphere. Between the two, they cover the whole globe.
E1Wxp TIL The anthem lyrics of the Republic of China strives for peace and harmony and then calls upon the people to be brave, earnest, and faithful in striving to fulfill that goal
8ep4 TIL that all Pakistani passports bear the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel.”
DQe0P TIL that in 2012 scientists genetically modified a bird flu virus, which had a 60% human mortality rate, to aerosolize it in order to 'more effectively manage the trajectory of pandemic viruses'. It scared them so badly that they paused all research for months
G667 TIL when American troops were asking ‘American’ trivial questions to flush out German infiltrators in WWII, that American brigadier general Bruce Clarke was held at gunpoint for five hours after he said the Chicago Cubs were in the American League