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TIL we are currently living in an era called "The Long Peace", a period of peace which has not been seen since the Roman Empire. There are now less than 10 reported deaths per million each year due to war.

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kjD1 TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password ‘eh’. At the time it was called “the most widespread security incident in the history of the Web”
Og11 TIL after finding out his wife was having an affair, the future King George I of England beat and choked her, divorced her, and then had her imprisoned for the rest of her life. And had her lover murdered.
WWwd TIL: In Nigeria’s Yoruba culture, the second born twin is the elder twin. The first born twin (Taiwo) is kicked out of the womb by the second born twin (Kehinde) to ‘test’ the world. Kehinde knows it is safe once Taiwo starts crying.
X0ZWE TIL The consumption of soft drinks that are caffeinated, or sweetened with aspartame, is linked to earlier menstruation in girls, which is linked to risk for several chronic diseases
9Z6m TIL there was a 50,000 word novel written in 1939 that doesn’t use a single letter “E”