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TIL the Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given it’s own internet domain name, .su, which it received only 15 months before dissolving

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R7aJ7 TIL the European Union paid €360,000 for a report on the effects of piracy, then hid the report, as it suggested that piracy was generally harmless.
95bQ TIL that the audio levels on Rage Against the Machine’s debut album are considered perfect by many audiophiles, and the song ‘Take the Power Back’ is often used to test amps and speakers.
QJV69 TIL that LBJ constantly asked the flight crew of Air Force One to change the temperature of the cabin. Eventually, they installed a fake control knob for him to 'control' the temperature himself. The president stopped complaining.
OoMPX TIL that after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, thousands of hair stylists and alpaca farmers donated over 19 warehouses worth of cut hair to absorb the spilled oil.
wLWM7 Today I learned a business got the US government to topple a democratically elected government under false pretenses over bananas.