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TIL the internet's first uploaded image was of the joke band Les Horribles Cernettes (LHC), an all-girl group comprised of girlfriends & assistants of CERN employees. One chorus went "You never spend your nights with me / You don't go out with other girls either / You only love... your collider"

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epwaL TIL There are fossilised plants in Greenland under 1.4 km of ice.
0D6L TIL Israel is the only country in the world to have a net gain of trees in the last 100 years
myPM TIL the Roman civilization technically lasted for 2,200 years. It was founded as a monarchy in 753 BC, became a republic in 509 BC, turned into an empire in 27 BC, shifted capital to Constantinople in 330 AD, and finally fell only in 1453 AD.
wLod7 TIL that the 7-11 franchise in Japan was eventually able to buy out the entire brand due to its huge success in the country.
KOneR TIL that Steve Englehart, the co-creator of Mantis, a character popularized in the MCU, wasn't happy with her portrayal in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies as he felt it strayed too far from the character he made, which was a telapathic martial artist.