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TIL Wikipedia had an entry with a list of proven conspiracy theories. They have deleted it and automatically delete all attempts at making new one. Here is an archive of the deleted list.

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j6AOp TIL: The subtle difference between inquiry and enquiry. Within British English, inquiry suggests some formality, and enquiry refers to a more causal "seeking out."
6EPKX TIL that the first Christian marriage in what is now the US was between a white man and a black woman.
jgMR TIL the Waldorf School in Silicon Valley—where many Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard employees send their children—has no computers or screens of any kind
lVDG TIL the oldest restaurant in the world is Restaurante Sobrino de Botín in Madrid, which opened in 1725 and is still open for business.
KYPa TIL that Mars has a flag, however it is not official in any legal sense, as the Outer Space Treaty forbids the appropriation of celestial bodies by any means