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TIL the Lamport logical timestamp algorithm is used to determine order of events on distributed computer systems.

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b6jQ0 TIL that between 1230 and 1561, many English towns had a street called “Gropecunt Lane,” named after prostitution centered on those areas. Many of these streets have since been renamed to “Grape Lane.”
1NQr TIL that a single banana is called a finger and bunch of bananas is called a hand
6EmLJ TIL that 3 presidents--Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe--all died on July 4th. Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4th.
0drR5 TIL during WW1 France lost 25% of its 18-30 year-old male population.
LQGAm TIL On Thanksgiving Day 1900 in San Francisco, a large crowd decided to watch a college football game from the roof of a nearby glass factory. The roof collapsed, causing people to fall four stories onto a furnace. 23 people died, and it remains the deadliest accident at a U.S. sporting event.