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TIL in the first test of ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, the connection crashed after the first two of five characters were transmitted

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b9AL7 TIL the rapper M.I.A. was sued by the NFL for $16.6 million for briefly flashing her middle finger during Madonna's 2012 halftime show. The FCC received 222 complaints, including a mother who said her children had to witness the rapper "essentially flipping off America, and flipping off my family."
wLJK8 TIL '120 Days of Sodom' was written by the Marquis de Sade in the Bastille prison in 1785. It was considered lost by the author after the storming of the Bastille. It was later rediscovered in the walls of his cell and published in 1904.
NaGQ TIL that TBS speeds up shows up to 9% to gain extra commercial ad time
OovKg TIL during the 19th century, a Muslim caliphate in West Africa called Sokoto enslaved 1-2.5 million people
nenwr TIL that the Brotherhood of Assassins from Assassin's Creed is based off a real organization known as the Nizari Ismailis. The organization was based in Masyaf, had a Grand Master, and was known for public assassinations in broad daylight.