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TIL that Ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 instead of base 10. That's why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.

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ADo1g TIL the Library of Congress has multiple crowdsourcing projects where anyone can help digitize historical documents. Active projects include transcribing letters and other writings from Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, and Walt Whitman.
lrEA TIL Dolphins call each other by “name”.
XEg7P TIL of Didier Delsalle who is the only person to have landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest.
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