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TIL Workers at Ground Zero found an 18th century wooden ship underneath the World Trade Center ruble.

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P1PwV TIL that the number of possible QR codes is larger than the number of atoms in the universe.
ZMXD TIL that Teller (of Penn and Teller) was a high school Latin and English teacher before turning professional as a magician. At the same high school Jon Stewart went to.
X0Zj6 TIL that sideburns are named after U.S. Civil War General Ambrose Burnside who was noted for his unusual beard, the word burnsides was coined to describe this style. The syllables were later reversed to give sideburns
jN80E TIL nomadic Maasai herders in Kenya's savanna use mobile phones to alert each other to dangerous wildlife, and those with basic phones call friends with smartphones to find out the weather forecast
WkrNY TIL most sitcoms two-storey houses will have two staircases going upstairs usually in the living room and in the kitchen. This is meant to provide additional entry and exit points which helps with staging for the characters. Some examples I know: 8 simple rules, Grounded for life and That 70s show.