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TIL that the World Wide Web (WWW) was invented in 1989 at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.

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0AA TIL royalties from Mein Kampf are begrudgingly accepted by the state of Bavaria, then distributed to charity.
8alYK TIL in one of Thomas Jefferson's letters to James Madison in 1789 he stated that the Constitution and laws should expire after 19 years. This was to allow the new generations to learn from the past and change accordingly, it was also to prevent older generations from "binding" subsequent ones.
wo8nW TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
mxawR TIL the young of Rhamphorhynchus and other pterosaurs are called “flaplings.”
exDb TIL that the world’s longest traffic jam occurred in China in 2010 and it lasted for over ten days. At its worst, cars were moving at speeds of around 1km (0.6 miles) per day.