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TIL that Randall Munroe, the artist of xkcd, was responsible for reddit’s comment sorting algorithm.

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BrepL TIL Earlier cuts of the Super Mario Brothers Movie were way better
mxerx TIL: The thin skin of soil that covers much of our planet's land stores more amounts of carbon than in all plants and the atmosphere combined
WkQRY TIL Annie Kopchovsky—the first woman to cycle around the world—only learned how to ride a bike two days prior to setting off. She ended up accomplishing the trip in 15 months and won $10,000 for the feat.
7g77 TIL after a Groom forgot his wedding pants in the dressing room of a Minnesota clothier and flew to Costa Rica for his wedding, the Clothier sent his daughter on an 11-hour flight to deliver the pants personally because UPS and FedEx said they could not help.
5Y1eP TIL the Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu build the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest which is the heaviest building which weighs 4,098,500,000 kg and is also the largest administrative building in the world.