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TIL that Yahweh is not the actual name of the Abrahamic God but a representation of the consonants within, YHWH. God's full name was considered too sacred to spell out entirely and thus the real vowels within are lost to time.

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NX8JJ TIL that the cheat code for the Naboo Starfighter for Star wars Rouge Squadron was so well hidden, that even Factor 5,LucasArts and even hackers were not aware of it. The cheatcode was finally found 6 months after release
m1Wjx TIL the secret codename of India's first successful nuclear weapon test was "Smiling Buddha."
JYJbB TIL Pablo Escobar spent $2500 a month on rubber bands to hold stacks of bills together
AWaw TIL Japan was forced to adopt seperate rail/subway cars for women, in an attempt to protect them from constant sexual harassment.
xVWY5 TIL of the Five Whys method, invented by Sakichi Toyoda (b. 1867, d. 1930, founder of Toyota industries) as a method of working through symptoms until a root cause is discovered by asking "Why?" five times.