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

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R5Re4 TIL you have a right to use your SNAP in all 50 states and even order things online for delivery (Amazon, Grocery Stores, Etc)
e0gp6 TIL about Bertrand Russel's teapot. If he were to assert, without offering proof, that a teapot, too small to be seen by telescopes, orbits the Sun somewhere in space between the Earth and Mars, he could not expect anyone to believe him solely because his assertion could not be proven wrong.
BgLNy TIL Göbekli Tepe: The oldest discovered temple in the world. Located in the Germus mountains of southeastern Anatolia, this property features monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures built by hunter-gatherers during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period between 9,600 and 8,200 BC.
dD6Vr TIL: that when "old age" is cited as cause of death in a medical context, the person had multiple illnesses and it is not clear which one killed them; it has gotten less common over time due to better medical detection
oYrE TIL that North Korea captured a U.S. ship, the U.S.S. Pueblo, in 1968. North Korea maintains the ship as a tourist attraction and propaganda symbol to this day.