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TIL David Bowie, a tech visionary, launched his own internet service provider called BowieNet in 1998, offering users exclusive content, email addresses, and even web hosting

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oBN67 TIL the origin of the phrase “hold a candle to”. When a craftsman and their apprentice would work in the dark, and the apprentice would hold a candle so the master could see. Telling someone they can’t even hold a candle for you, let alone do the complicated job you’re doing, is insulting.
9YLmp TIL Bruce Lee probably died from heat stroke.
jNkeE TIL that the docking adapter on the ISS that Crew dragon is using to dock, was delivered on previous missions by SpaceX and installed by ISS astronauts to replace older soviet docking adapters.
R5b1w TIL that NASA sent up 2k jellyfish to space in the 90s that multiplied itself and at some pt, there were 60k jellyfish in the space!
ENo0 TIL When Britain abolished slavery they simply bought up all the slaves and freed them. It cost a third of the entire national budget, around £100 billion in today’s money.