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TIL: The USA doesnt use A4 or other A series paper sizes, but instead their own standard, "Letter", "Legal" and "Tabloid"

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ZpegB TIL that a Far Cry film, based on the video game, was released in 2006. Directed by Uwe Boll, it was a major box-office bomb, making only $743,000 against a $30 million budget.
p84Me TIL Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton were both Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University. Hawking was pictured with Newton's own, annotated copy of Principia Mathematica in 2016 to celebrate the 600th birthday of Cambridge University Library.
neGvd TIL that the phrase “well-behaved women seldom make history” is often misquoted, but still has a powerful feminist message on the importance of women and men who perform small actions in our society
oRWyo TIL the 2024 Summer Olympics will include a breakdancing competition.
DQ54j TIL That the large Solar Storms of 1972 caused numerous detonations of U.S. naval mines in North Vietnam