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TIL When you type distorted text images (ReCaptcha) you are contributing to the digitization of millions of books and documents mostly for public benefit

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gMJdL TIL the foundation Wikimedia had $127 million of revenue in 2020 and expenses totaling $112 million. The foundation also has a $100 million endowment.
nx9B TIL Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes went to the same high school and battled in the cafeteria once….
4koOw TIL that in 1968, students at the University of Colorado named their new cafeteria after Alfred Packer, a notorious self-confessed cannibal in Colorado history.
kJdbE TIL: The slow worm is neither a worm nor a snake despite having no limbs.
no0P TIL Citizens of the UK have the right to see CCTV footage of themselves and get a copy within 40 days of asking for it.