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TIL there is a village in Indonesia that has been wiped out due to a mud volcano which humans started

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DMjV TIL in 1602 The Dutch East India Company undertook the world’s first IPO and, therefore, became the first public company to issue stock.
rNyge TIL: In 2013-16, data of around 3 Billion Yahoo! users was leaked, making it the largest data breach in history. Even if the most significant breach occurred in 2013, the company announced it in late 2016.
rPv0 TIL NASA and the German Aerospace Center shoved a big ass telescope inside a 747 so it could work above the clouds.
grrob TIL the Beverly Clock is the longest running clock, has never needed wound since its creation In 1864, and is commonly mistaken to be a perpetual motion machine
x6Eow TIL of the Diderot Effect, which makes you want to buy more things when you buy one new thing.