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TIL that Vannevar Bush had envisioned the world wide web through his memex concept.

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b9oe7 TIL: GPS signals are being spoofed in some areas of Moscow: “the fake signal, which seems to center on the Kremlin, relocates anyone nearby to Vnukovo Airport, 32 km away. The scale of the problem did not become apparent until people began trying to play Pokemon Go.”
yQQOp TIL after a reviewer commented about a "Billy Joel Rock Band" referenced in an episode of The Office by saying "let's hope [it] never actually exists ever", Billy Joel read the review and told his people "Get me on that Rock Band game".
er05 TIL Jon Benjamin, voice actor know for Archer and Bob’s Burger has released a Jazz Album featuring him on piano despite having zero experience. Some of the tracks include “I Can’t Play Piano” and “Well, I Should Have..[Learned how to play Piano]”
yVVJX TIL the last known Nazi collaborator living in the U.S. was 95-year-old Jakiw Palij, who was deported back to Germany in 2018.
0P9N TIL Einstein mediated a hostage situation when, during the WWII aftermath, Berlin University students took several professors captive.