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TIL France had it's own version of the world wide web with millions of users before it took off in America

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woJy8 TIL virgin queen bees will release battle cries and fight to the death until only one remains in the hive
1alv4 TIL that the French general that lost the battle of Trafalgar, was found dead a year later in a French hotel with six stab wounds in his left lung and one in his heart. His death was ruled a suicide. This verdict was heavily mocked by contemporary British press.
4XL76 TIL the waterbed was invented in 1833 by a Scottish Physician. He intentionally did not patent it so that anyone could design their own variation of the waterbed and it could help as many people as it could who were suffering from bed sores.
x4yB TIL capital letters were stored in the upper tray for typefaces. This is why they’re called uppercase.
jNEDn TIL Papa John's was sued for $250+ million for spam texting people in the middle of the night