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TIL about Esperanto, a constructed international auxiliary language created in the late 19th century, designed to foster peace and international understanding by being easy to learn and culturally neutral.

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E19m7 TIL: The default location of an IP address in the USA, if no more granular location information is available, is mapped to a farm in Kansas. Because of this, the owners have been constantly harassed and visited by the FBI, IRS and others who have been scammed by someone with a US IP address
Me89K TIL that the USPS has lost $69 Billion over the past 11 fiscal years - including $3.9 billion in fiscal year 2018. USPS's total unfunded liabilities and debt ($143 Billion at the end of fiscal year 2018) have grown to double its annual revenue.
9wDB TIL reddit employs just 20 people
7rwbZ TIL of Gary Plauche, a man who shot his son’s child molester to death in a Baton Rouge airport in 1984. The incident was captured on video by a news television camera.
a8VBy TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties