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TIL about Eternal September: How a 1993 AOL promotion led to year-round influxes of new users, a phenomenon that previously only occurred each September with new computer science students.

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vPPBD TIL of Mary Jane Seacole, a British -Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War arguably practicing nursing hygiene before Florence Nightingale
JYerj TIL of Connie Converse, whose work is among the earliest known recordings of the singer-songwriter genre of music. In 1974 she disappeared, writing to family and friends that she wished to start a new life. Her music has received renewed attention in recent years, but she was never seen again.
XEw4Q TIL Prior to allying with the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro was a political celebrity in the US, celebrated as a liberator and modern day Robin Hood.
69YDX TIL: The most sampled song in the world is "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons. A seven second drum break known as the "Amen Break" has been used in thousands of songs
0XKy TIL Michael Birch, the founder of Bebo, sold Bebo to AOL for $850 million in 2008 only to later buy it back for only $1 million in 2013.