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TIL: The US Department of Defense pays the NFL for propaganda

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LLOV TIL that in the 80s (a decade before the WWW started to come on its own) 25 million people in France went on-line to bank, check the weather, chat, make reservations, socialize, check stock prices, and also for porn. No computer: they used a free Minitel terminal.
0dm1L TIL The black tip at the end of a cutter knife is used to snap-off a dull blade tip
Z8Wva TIL that the FIRST individual in human history to denounce racism in a documented account was the Prophet Muhammad of Islam.
QJxke TIL that statistical analysis of 6619 generals found that Napoleon Bonaparte had a Wins Above Replacement score (a statistical measure originating from baseball which determines a player's importance to victory) that was 23 standard deviations above the average general.
VDd4 TIL Robert Liston performed the only operation with a 300% mortality rate; His patient, his assistant and a spectator died