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TIL march 7 is international offline day

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p84Me TIL Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton were both Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University. Hawking was pictured with Newton's own, annotated copy of Principia Mathematica in 2016 to celebrate the 600th birthday of Cambridge University Library.
XK08 TIL A 12 year old kid lied to his friends about being Jay Leno’s nephew. He wrote Leno who then dropped him off at school at his request.
YprVv TIL Marine Iguanas have the distinct ability to "sneeze" out salt with the use of special glands they possess. This is due to the mass amount of saltwater they ingest from the ocean.
rRZx1 TIL in the 1960s you could buy a variety of monkeys from the Sears catalog as pets, each for about $50.
6EOVm TIL that an Elmo cameo was written for the 2011 Muppets film but was stopped by Children's TV Workshop lawyers. Ironically, the scene featured the Muppets attempting to recruit Elmo but getting stopped by his lawyers.