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TIL that despite dropping off massively in the 2010s, Yahoo Search is still the 3rd most popular search engine worldwide

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X0QJR TIL of "The Final Experiment" - a 2024 Antarctica expedition where flat Earth YouTubers saw the 24 hour sun, which could not be explained by non-spherical models. This prompted at least one YouTuber to publicly admit they were wrong, and leave the flat Earth community.
QNDa6 TIL that there was an English painter who was also a chimpanzee named Congo, who produced 400 pieces of art by the time he turned four. His style was called "lyrical abstract impressionism" and Pablo Picasso was reportedly a fan of his work.
oByJW TIL Mount Rushmore because it’s carved in solid granite and within a stable ecological place may last 100,000-200,000 years after the last human on earth (Brin, 2015, 1:22).
dlVZ TIL in 1933 six thousand people were deported to an island in the Soviet Union and left with only flour to eat and no shelter. Guards would hunt people like animals, deliberately sink ships full of people and cannibalism became common.
womJP TIL That your nose may lose some of its ability to fight off germs in colder temperatures, giving more credence to that old saying of “put some clothes on or you might catch a cold”