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TIL that around 2000 years ago ancient Romans used sophisticated public toilets called latrines which had running water, sponge sticks for cleaning, and even served as places for socializing.

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5Yo1B TIL in 1997 the IBM supercomputer “Big Blue” was able to beat Garry Kasparov, the world champion of chess, at his own game in a best two out of three match. This marked the first time in history that artificial intelligence was actually catching up to humans.
opOK TIL the average US home receives 189 TV channels, yet consistently tune in to an avg. of just 17.
KyP4 TIL that “Unabomber” Ted Kacynzski is still writing from his prison cell scholarly articles with hundreds of citations
x6o9w TIL that 80 percent of the men born in the Soviet Union in 1923 did not survive World War II
xVM6D TIL Tesla has made changes to the Model 3 interior and it is now officially 100% leather-free