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TIL the library of Congress is archiving every Americans tweet.

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7rXOr TIL that, in the Australian state of Queensland, the government places trivia questions periodically to keep drivers awake and aware.
e0B6g TIL that the Cullinan - the biggest diamond ever found - was shipped by ordinary mail while a fake stone was shipped by sea heavily protected by security personnel
Weg9 TIL that “Rubber duck debugging” is when a programmer explains his code to a rubber duck in hopes of finding a bug
PgEJ TIL there is a 390 acre tract of of virgin-old growth forest in central Pennsylvania. It features ancient hemlock trees and 20-foot rhododendrons. This area was conserved because of a land dispute between logging companies in the 1900’s. Pic’s in the comments.
n8wo TIL that B.F. Skinner, a famous psychologist, instilled superstitions in pigeons by giving them food in a cage at set time intervals. The pigeons responded by forming rituals, which they believed brought them the food, such as bobbing their heads or turning counter-clockwise.