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TIL There are several statues all over the world similar to Christ The Redeemer, including one that is underwater.

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R7ega TIL there are three common musical key signature naming systems in use: The C-D-E-F-G-A-B system in the Anglosphere and East Asia, C-D-E-F-G-A-H system used in the historically German influenced areas and do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si solfege in all Romance speaking and influenced countries/colonies
6o9Q TIL Stephen Fry spent time in prison for credit card fraud
49xa TIL there is a pub in Ireland that opened in 900 ad.
jNwAQ TIL Godwin’s Law is one of the oldest and most well-known internet memes that says “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1.” This means that as a conversation on the internet goes on, the likelihood of someone mentioning Hitler increases
5V0ZR TIL that Windows in Japan has anime-girl mascots called OS-tans. Each of them has the surname of Madobe (窓辺, meaning By the Windowside) and a new one is created for each operating system starting with Windows 7. They have had various tie in products over the years in addition to promoting Windows OS