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TIL: the first use of “Google” as a verb in pop culture (TV) happened on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 2002

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nWWrr TIL: Nearly 75% of all aluminum every produced is still in circulation due to recycling
4noa TIL that the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, updated his Harvard University alumni listing to include his 8 life sentences as “awards” and his current occupation as “prisoner.”
JnRv TIL That John F Kennedy’s sister Rosemary Kennedy, who allegedly had a low IQ, was secretly lobotomized by her father and left permanently disabled, living for another 63 years hidden from the public
oB7YR TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
b9yKa TIL Neanderthals are responsible for the earliest known hominid-made structures, which are about 176,500 years old, consisting of 400 pieces of broken stalagmites arranged into 2 rings that are several metres across, deep inside a cave in France.