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TIL 2017 was the first year the Doomsday Clock changed by seconds and not strictly minutes

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a8DQo TIL: Fort Ross is a former Russian establishment and the southernmost Russian settlement in North America.
M70EB TIL that Mississippi still has debtor's prisons. People are locked up in restitution centers where they are ordered to stay until they pay off fines and restitution to victims. Prisoners pay $11 a day for room and board all while making wages as low as $7.25. Many owe a few thousand dollars or less
b6gEE TIL: Ternary computers use trits instead of bits and they are cheaper to manufacture and operate than binary computers.
woZ8M TIL that, of the 50 oldest people on the planet, only ONE of them is a male.
0wV1y TiL Traditional English Breakfast of bacon eggs sausage black pudding baked beans & grilled tomato was available only for royals and the wealthy in the 1300s. In the 1950’s when goods became more available to everyone most people were able to adopt this full breakfast. That’s about 600 years later!