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TIL that China has started to ban eating dogs and cats (Shenzhen and Zhuhai)

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bpmZ TIL that the web page for “web page” in Wikipedia contains a screenshot of itself as an image, resulting in an infinitely recursive image.
96op TIL 8 of the top 10 cities with highest unemployment rates in America are in California.
XE6Aj TIL about a canadian ex- banker who bought a slowly producing gold mine and created a controversial, online, open to public contest to find more sites. he offerd 500k$ prize and by using 3D model, an australian group helped him find more the 6Bn$ worth of gold without having ever visiting the site.
4XJb5 TIL Pope Callixtus III might have excommunicated Halley's Comet from the church in 1456
dDy9r TIL Paul Allen’s Living Computers Museum in Seattle showcased the world’s largest collection of fully-restored, usable vintage computers and more. Allen died in 2018 and the museum closed permanently in 2020 as none of his family or investors seem to share his passion for computing history