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TIL that the EV charging standard "CHAdeMO" is named after the Japanese phrase "O cha demo ikaga desuka," which translates to "How about a cup of tea," alluding that an EV can be charged using the standard in the time it takes to have a cup of tea.

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OGb6e TIL that in 1927, Lindbergh flew 3,600 miles solo across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis with no radio, no lights, no parachute, not even a windshield. Just a periscope, a map, a wicker chair, and 33.5 sleepless hours in a cockpit that looked more like a steam engine than a plane.
nW8Rd TIL that at the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the world record for the 4 x 100m freestyle relay (swimming) was 3:12.46. In the final heat, six countries beat that time.
W7wkd TIL about Miki Matsubara, a Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer who destroyed all her sheet music and albums when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2000. She told those around her, "Please live your life without regrets."
v1VMr TIL before the word "blooper" was coined, an out-take was called a "boner" (meaning a boneheaded mistake)
Yp9YB TIL that William Howard Taft, after falling out with his mentor Theodore Roosevelt, in 1912 became the only Republican and the only sitting POTUS to end up third in the election results