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TIL Microsoft Excel can reach down to 1,048,576 rows. A YouTuber spent over 9 hours holding down the down key

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kypB TIL due to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, the Nobel Committee refused to give the Nobel Peace Prize that year because there was “no suitable living candidate.” The Prize cannot be given to deceased candidates. That way Gandhi’s place on the list was silently but respectfully left open.
QNbyE TIL: That Adele’s first release was as a 17-year-old featured vocalist on a forgotten 2006 12” techno track called “Be Divine” by Ricsta, released as a vinyl 12” by Stirfried Trax. It was Ricsta’s only record.
epNE6 TIL it is PETIT thefit! English is my 3rd language, and I never bothered to pay attention it is petit theft! from how it is pronounced I ALWAYS thought it was PETTY theft! I guess pronouncing the French "petit" was too much for the English!
gMx77 TIL A bizarre incident involving a fictitious write-in candidacy occurred in the small town of Picoazá, Ecuador in 1967. A company ran a series of campaign-themed advertisements for a foot powder called Pulvapies. Pulvapies ended up receiving the most votes in the election
e0LoD TIL the USA invaded England in 1778, with captain John Paul Jones invading his home town of Whitehaven. The attack failed in no small part due to his officers stopping at the local pub for a "quick pint"