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TIL that most removable storage devices i.e. flash drives, have a default setting that allows them to be safely removed without ejecting it. This setting can be turned off to increase speed.

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E1GrV TIL Macropinna microstoma or barreleye is a rather bizarre deep-water fish with a transparent fluid-filled head and tubular eyes located well inside the head and capped by bright green lenses which collect light. The two spots above the fish's mouth are not eyes; they are sensitive olfactory organs.
wnPP TIL during the late 1800s a baboon was employed by the railroad as a signalman. He never once made a mistake and worked for the railroad until his death.
LYY9 TIL: multiple shows including, the walking dead, Malcolm in the middle and breaking bad have used a fictional cigarette brand called morley.
9YNR7 TIL that an American minister travelled to Britain to learn methods to teach the deaf. After being denied by the British, he learned his methods from the French. As a result, ASL has a 60% similarity to French sign language, and is almost unintelligible to a British sign language user.
M5QA TIL Hawaii uses the Union Jack in its state flag. It was never a British territory.