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TIL, the origin of the NIRVANA font, called Onyx, was chosen because they used “whatever was already installed in their typesetting machine”.

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loyya TIL that a flight had to make an emergency landing because fire alarms went off, but it was actually just a bunch of goats farting.
woj08 TIL about Nitrogen Triiodide - the most sensitive compound in the world. It is so sensitive, exposure to alpha particles can cause it to explode.
kJopE TIL of Longtermism, an ethical stance which values future people just as much as people alive today, from a longtermist perspective, killing billions of humans today would be perfectly moral if it ensured the survival of trillions of humans a million years from now.
wLEpY TIL President William McKinley wore a red carnation in his lapel at all times as a good luck charm. During a public meeting in his second term, he took out the flower from his lapel and gave it to a 12-year-old girl. Minutes later, he was shot. He died a week later.
kOA41 TIL that “sushi” doesn’t mean “raw fish”. It actually refers to a dish of vinegared rice served with various fillings and toppings, which may include raw fish.