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TIL: Video Games Have Shown a Strong Statistical Link to Improving Medical Surgeon Performance

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eppMg TIL while the UK's blockade of Africa was largely successful in stopping the Atlantic Slave Trade, the United States was a long-term hold-out and refused permission for the British to search their ships for slaves. Because of this, many slavers flew fake American flags to continue the trade.
d8QW7 TIL that those USB A ports with an outwards bent flange are actually meant to be completely on the inside of the housing
dZlr TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary was written largely by a murderer from a mental institution
e0v0k TIL of the Hymn Virus. A Virus from 1990 that would brick MS-DOS computers and played the Soviet National Anthem.
rvPw TIL the easiest languages to learn for English speakers are Afrikaans, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese & Romanian. This is based on the amount of time it takes for the US Foreign Service to train their diplomats before entering service abroad.