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TIL that the thing everyone calls “JavaScript” can’t actually be called that way and everyone tiptoes around it by using abbreviations like JS, because Oracle holds a Trademark, even though it has nothing to do with open source JS, didn’t develop or maintain it or even has any product related to it.

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X0pXX TIL Wearing ties was introduced by the Croats but then adopted by the French
dVEQ TIL There was a book written about an ‘unsinkable’, ~800 foot cruiseliner ship, that hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on an April night, didn’t have enough lifeboats, and killed most of it’s passengers. Ship was called 'The Titan’. The book was written in 1898… 14 years before the Titanic sank
kEKm TIL Apollo Mission astronauts have nearly five times higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than other astronauts due to exposure to deep-space radiation.
JYJp1 TIL: The North Korean embassy in Berlin has an illegal hostel the German government has been unable to close.
9bYM TIL that while attending the University of Tennessee, Peyton Manning, pulled down his shorts and sat on a female trainer’s face during an examination. He proceeded to rub his rectum and testicles on the woman’s face until she was able to free herself from him.