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TIL 95% of the world’s ATMs are running on Windows XP

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d8jWr TIL of The Map That Named America. Martin Waldseemüller, the primary author of the 1507 map, used the term “America” for the fist time. In 1513, he had second thoughts on honoring Vespucci and used the term Terra Incognita (unknown land) instead of “America”.
wLEn6 TIL of Yap, an island that uses massive stones for currency. It is said that one of these stones which had sunk to the bottom of the ocean while being transported years ago continues to be used as real currency today despite not having been seen since.
QJP7L TIL That President Garfield was assassinated by a man who was turned down multiple times for a position in the Presidents administration
8ZQb The medical name for a butt crack is “Intergluteal Cleft”
J8Om TIL there is a Spider in the Amazon that builds little picket fences around its egg pouches to protect them