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TIL that Microsoft was accused of an anti-semitic conspiracy because in the Wingdings font, typing in “NYC” results in “☠✡?”.

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WkkM9 TIL that "sex changes are not effective", according to researchers, who say there is no evidence that these operations improve the lives of transexuals, many of whom remain suicidal and severely distressed after surgery.
V6KQ TIL that the word “soccer” was first used in England before the Americans adopted it.
VMxW0 TIL about the Demon of Champawat. A female tiger in Nepal that killed over 400 people before being hunted and killed in 1907. She traveled as much as 20 miles a day in search of new victims and to evade pursuers.
D1OYe TIL that in France, students are taught that there are 5 continents. This blew my mind because in the USA, I learned that there are 7 continents and thought it was a universal fact.
Y77wW TIL when Kurt Angle won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1996, his opponent Abbas Jadidi tried raising his arm believing he'd won, leading Kurt to believe he lost. The referee then raised Kurt's hand, and Kurt got more emotional than otherwise cause he genuinely believed he'd lost.