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TIL Scott Fahlman is credited with originating the first ever smiley emoticon, which he thought would help people on a message board at Carnegie Mellon to distinguish serious posts from jokes. He proposed the use of :-) and :-( for this purpose, and the symbols caught on.

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A7ga TIL in Americas first settlements marijuana/hemp was required to be grown by all farmers
AZJa TIL Pluto will complete its first full orbit since its discovery on Monday, March 23, 2178.
RV56 TIL the Soviet Union built the world’s first laser tank. (x-post from /r/TankPorn).
J1Bgl TIL that, according to the FAO, an estimated 119.337.929.000 chickens were slaughtered worldwide in 2021.
16vWO TIL that in 250 million years all continents on our planet will converge and form a new supercontinent, Pangea Ultima. This may also lead to a climate tipping point and Earth becoming uninhabitable for mammals.