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TIL that Steve Wozniak created the first universal remote control

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KO6v9 TIL Russian Navy Officer Vasili Arkhipov was credited with being the single vote that prevented a Soviet Nuclear Strike during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
gDrb TIL there is no consensus on the definition of fascism. Authoritarianism is the only trait that is widely accepted as an innate characteristic of a fascist individual or regime.
XEE6 TIL Virgin, Utah passed a law in 2000 that requires all citizens (except mentally ill, felons, and the poor) to own a gun and proper ammunition, making them (unofficially) the most prepared for a zombie apocalypse.
X0rJr TIL the historic Booth Theatre on Broadway (Currently running Tony Winner Kimberly Akimbo) is named after presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth's older brother, Edwin Booth.
94WX TIL Despite public perceptions, the odds of becoming the victim of a violent crime in the US today are lower than they were in the so-called “Golden Age” of the 1950s.