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TIL that the default keyboard layout for French is AZERTY instead of QWERTY

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ALMd TIL Raul “Mike” Vargas survived over 90min inside the Station Nightclub fire. While trying to escape he fell and was buried under a 5ft tall pile of bodies. The bodies helped insulate him from the fire and he ended up walking out with only a few burns on his legs
Br7kx TIL that immediately after landing on the moon, the Apollo 11 crew was supposed to sleep for 5 hours. They didn't, because they figured they wouldn't be able to.
KrJ4 TIL atheism was banned within the Nazi SS. All SS men were required to list themselves as Protestant, Catholic or “believer in God”.