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TIL Bill and Melinda Gates funded a website created by Rice University that provides free open-source textbooks for college students

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nex9G TIL That the current London Bridge is only about 40 years old, and the original 188 year old bridge is now in Arizona.
g7r7 TIL when Nintendo launched the SNES in America, some parents thought Nintendo was manipulating their children into purchasing an unnecessary system, and forced their kids to go to therapy sessions to show them how they were being “exploited”
dWWZ TIL a 6 year old boy in UK sent a letter to the Railroad Museum asking for a job in the cutest way, they invited him over and named him “Director of Fun”
8eGvG TIL Junk e-mail is called spam because early internet users referenced a Monty Python skit. Hormel unsuccessfully sued to prevent companies calling junk mail spam. In 2006 they sponsored Spamalot, embracing the humor of Spam
K0M6 TIL: The US leads in Medical Errors, making our costly health less safe than other ‘free’ systems.