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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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JY07m TIL about the "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" narrative --the force behind "heritage" statues all around the US. Pushed for by the "United Daughters of the Confederacy" as pseudo-history to preserve the name of their lost so they won't be historically branded as traitors.
kojm TIL for Louis C.K.’s comedy tours he trains with boxing coaches. One of whom was Irish Mickey Ward the subject of the movie The Fighter.
GaZG TIL Usain Bolt demands his ad shoots to be done in Jamaica to bring money to his country
WaeY TIL that the camel spider, also known as a wind scorpion, is neither a spider nor a scorpion
6Ep9Z TIL Sunspots are used to observe the sun's rotation and have an average lifespan of 2 weeks. A magnification of 40x-50x in a filtered telescope shows a full-disc view of the Sun, and if sunspots are present, they will appear quite small