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TIL that the domain name ".tv" is the domain representing the country of Tuvalu. In 1998, Tuvalu signed a contract for the exclusive marketing rights for the domain name, allowing it to finally raise enough money to join the United Nations.

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GYLw1 TIL that our current smartphones have a power of calculation far superior from the one the NASA had to send man in space during the 60s
v1DYj TIL that Romanian orphanages have become the study subjects of choice for understanding the consequences of massive sensory, intellectual, and emotional deprivation in infants and children.
e0yPn TIL that also a vast range of non-human animals (lemurs, goats, deers, monkeys) get high on purpose, mostly by using psychedelic mushrooms and roots.
QNrLL TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a "degenerate art" gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was "saving" them from. The concept backfired, and Goebbels had to go to great lengths to discourage the pieces from being admired by guests.
VBRPp TIL in 2019 Namibia mandated white-owned businesses to sell a 25 percent stake to blacks. The rating agency Fitch downgraded Namibia's economic outlook from stable to negative, saying the policy would scare away investors unwilling to cede stakes in their companies.