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TIL The Unicode Consortium allows you to "adopt a character" as a way to support the foundation

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xkp5 TIL The $800 billion bailout from the US Government was actually $16 trillion.
LkKn9 TIL it took 75 years for 100 million people to get access to the telephone; the gaming app "Pokemon Go" hooked that many users in less than one month in 2016. That is how fast the digital revolution is compared to other transformations.
R7kxw TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
rRVv1 TIL that LoZ: Link's Awakening was heavily inspired by Twin Peaks
4YN TIL 96% of the U.S. Population lives within 20 miles of a Wal-Mart