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TIL The term “surfing the Internet” was created in 1992 by author Jean Armour Polly. She came up with the term because her mouse pad had a picture of a surfer on it.

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889Z TIL: a man suffering from muteness spoke his first words in over 6 years after riding Coney Island’s Cyclone coaster. His words were, “I feel sick.”
vPYb8 TIL that 'Bend It Like Beckham' (2002) was the first ever Western-made film to air on television in North Korea
awOe0 TIL of the Lucky Cat, one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants designed to be intentionally too dark for Instagram photos.
gMM4W And what, if anything, could’ve prevented it?
0xZN TIL The SEC was repeatedly and explicitly warned about the Madoff Ponzi scheme for 10 years by a forensic accountant. Over and over again they ignored the warnings and did nothing.