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TIL “disc” and “disk” are two distinct terms with different meanings (discs are optical media, disks are magnetic media)

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rRyEW TIL Mormons built the Las Vegas casino industry. Utah-born bankers Parry Thomas and Jerry Mack are credited with financing the industry, running the only bank that would make loans to casinos.
7KGx TIL The 1908 Olympics was hosted in London after being relocated from Rome after Mount Vesuvius erupted. It was also the longest Olympics lasting for 6 months and 4 days.
neej7 TIL Christine Jorgensen, a former Army private from the Bronx, was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
5VwYP TIL In 2014, a regular 27 year old Lars Mittank disappeared from Bulgaria's Varna Airport after a vacation with his buddies. Bizarrely he was last seen on CCTV fleeing the terminal and airport, and was never found. Theories include a psychotic break after getting punched in the ear.
jQ0M TIL that New York City has started replacing the swords stolen from public statues decades ago as crime has gone down and the city has become a “safer place.”