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TIL that the search engine Bing was originally going to be titled Bang because it was easy to spell and remember (“…I just banged Margaret Thatcher to see why everyone was freakin out”)

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a8YeN TIL that Leonard Cohen wrote about 150 different verses for Hallelujah, and that he sung different versions of it at different concerts
0dGZy TIL that a 1968 ad claimed the proposed World Trade Center would pose ‘risk to air navigation,' and showed a plane flying into the north tower
v1Xgr TIL Issac Newton stuck a sewing needle under his eyeball, pushed it all the way to the back of his skull, and wiggled it around to test his theory of optics.
OoZw7 TIL BBC journalists requested an interview with Facebook because they weren't removing child abuse photos. Facebook asked to be sent the photos as proof. When journalists sent the photos, Facebook reported the them to the police because distributing child abuse imagery is illegal.
kJe15 TIL that DDT, a pesticide banned ages ago, is still present in penguins over in Antarctica? this chemical gets passed up the food chain, starting from krill to penguins. The good thing is that the amount of DDT in the penguins isn't enough to harm them.