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TIL that the official U.S. agency (USAGM) during 2023 had an audience of 420 million people worldwide in all its media.

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VB5k TIL in 2011 a 75-year old woman stole some fiber optic cable, cutting 2 entire countries off the internet.
RWEl TIL that “Rock, Paper, Scissor” has been around since 200AD. And the same hand gestures we use today have been used since the 1600’s.
N5rM TIL as a child, George R.R. Martin (Author of a Song of Ice and Fire) would write stories about a kingdom inhabited by his pet turtles, and since they died often, he wrote that they would kill each other in sinister plots.
pYrNN TIL When a star like our Sun dies, it doesn’t explode into a supernova or collapse into a black hole. Instead, it gently sheds its outer layers, which form a beautiful cloud called a “planetary nebula”, while the dying star’s core becomes a white dwarf.
a8pKL TIL my TV remote works with my PS5 streaming services. In my case automatically.