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TIL that the first online purchase was made in 1994 when a man in Philadelphia used his computer to buy a Sting CD from an online store called NetMarket.

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gMvl4 TIL that Russell's teapot is a philosophical analogy that shows that the burden of proof, or whoever must prove a statement, lies on the person defending/making the statement rather than shifting the burden of disproof onto the person attacking/disproving the statement.
0Gaj TIL in Vatican City, drug possession and dealing is not illegal
7rA5r TIL of Vedius Pollio, famous for feeding his slaves to eels. When Emperor Augustus witnessed an attempt, over a slave breaking glass, he had the slave freed and all of Pollio's glasses broken as punishment. He would go on to demolish Pollio's house for the incident.
RG1j TIL that while American white women got the vote in 1920, First Nations women didn’t get it until 1924, Asian American women didn’t get it ‘til 1952, and African America women not until 1964.