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TIL that because of the “Leap Second” yesterday, numerous websites crashed because their algorithms couldn’t compute that extra second, including Reddit.

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Me11b TIL that when someone is poor from spending their money on luxuries instead of necessities, they are living in "secondary poverty".
j68lj TIL that if you're over the age of 62 and in the US, you can get a free lifetime pass to all federal recreation areas managed by the National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, US Forest Service, or the US Army Corps of Engineers for $80.
J1ayl TIL Asian studies major Alex Sigley became interested in North Korea while studying at Shanghai's Fudan University where he first met North Koreans. He later transferred to Kim Il Sung university, one of three students from Western nations and stayed there for more than a year until he was detained
LQDBd TIL that King Charles III of the United Kingdom is related to George Washington, the first President of the United States, through his ancestor Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805 – 19 November 1891), an English lady with both British royal and American presidential genealogical connections.
LkK7V TIL that in 2016, an Italian court ruled that stealing small quantities of food to satisfy a vital need for food does not constitute a crimе, overturning a 6-month jаil sentence and a €100 fine that a hоmeless man who had stolen cheese and sausages (worth €4.07) from a supermarket had been convictеd