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TIL The beginning of History is marked by the invention of the library. The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing, cuneiform tablets discovered in temple rooms in Sumer dating back to 2600 BC. These archives mark the end of prehistory and the beginning of history.

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wLJXW TIL that the cheese slicer (Ostehøvel) was invented by Thor Bjørklund (Nor). The legend has it that, frustrated at the un-even cheese slices he cut with a knife, he wanted to improve the cheese world. He realized that a carpenter’s plane could do the job and the cheese slicer was born.
MP90 TIL a 2013 poll found Americans view blacks as more racist than whites or Hispanics. Black respondents ranked their own demographic as the most racist.
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yQ8Mv TIL in 2007, Siberia experienced orange snow. This orange snow was ruled to most likely caused by a heavy sandstorm in neighboring Kazakhstan. Tests on the snow revealed numerous sand and clay dust particles and a high iron-content, which were blown into Russia in the upper stratosphere.
l7LJV TIL Keira Knightly was only 17 when she filmed Love Actually while Chiwetel Ejiofor was 26 and Andrew Lincoln was 30. In the film, she was married to one and romantically pursued by the other.