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TIL that Aaron Swartz is dead for nothing.

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VkOp TIL that when two British sailors saw the ancient Roman column ‘Pompey’s Pillar’ in 1803, they climbed it, flew a Union Jack, affixed a weather vane to the top, ate steaks and toasted King George III.
JyGV TIL every year, Finland increases in surface area by about 7 square kilometers per year because it is rebounding from the weight of ice age glaciers and rising out of the sea.
N7D6J TIL that in 2005, Costco sent out a recall notice for punching bags that were filled with used men and women's underwear instead of sand. Everyone that purchased the bag got a replacement and a shipping label to return the bag.
KYVv9 TIL the anime streaming platform Crunchyroll was first launched as an anime pirating site, and even received venture capital funding while it still allowed uploads of unlicensed content to the site.
4kLJR Til the real dog, kabosu, the face behind the famous “doge” meme has been diagnosed with leukemia