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TIL 50 richest Chinese Congress delegates control $94.7 billion, while top 50 US congress only have $1.6B. US politicians are “paupers” by Chinese standards.
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TIL The invention of the original silly string was accidental. Was originally intended as a spray-on instant cast for fractures.
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TIL an international group of seven people are keyholders for verifying the authenticity of DNS entries, essentially enabling them to ‘restart’ DNS / the internet in the event of a catastrophe.
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TIL that the Latin translation of reddit is “It gives back”, which would make a redditor “a rewarder” or “one who gives back”
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TIL The person who wrote the lyrics for the second and third Soviet national anthems, Sergey Mikhalkov, also lived to write the lyrics for the current national anthem of Russia.