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TIL Adobe actively supports the transition of Flash to HTML5 and have released a tool that converts Flash to HTML5.

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wop7 TIL Joan of Arc broke her sword, believed to be holy and made in heaven, by beating a prostitute with it.
MDd0 TIL in 1998 someone pulled an April Fools claiming Alabama had redefined pi to 3.0 to bring it in line with biblical values. Politicians got calls complaining
JYRyV TIL A 3M adhesive tape plant accidentally created a force field of static electricity that was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
ywM TIL that, 6 years ago, a D.A. investigating the Penn State child abuse scandal mysteriously disappeared never to be seen again. His hard drive was found destroyed, in a river…
e0vo4 TIL that the colour that you see when your eyes are opened in a dark room has a name. It's called 'eigengrau', which means intrinsic gray. It's the shade of dark gray people see when there's no light.