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TIL John C. Calhoun cast the most tie-breaking votes of any American Vice President

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7rBr7 TIL The band Foo Fighters was named after the term foo fighter which was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific theaters of operations.
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9YGV7 TIL SEGA arguably spearheaded internet intergration in home consoles; the SEGA Saturn featured both online multiplayer as well as a fully fledged internet browser back in 1995
R7119 TIL that the word "mudita" is, in a sense, a kind of opposite of "Schadenfreude": mudita is a kind of sympathetic joy -- the taking joy or delight or pleasure in the pleasure or success of others.
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