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TIL that Eternal September refers to the volume of new users to the Internet that occurred each September, when university students would gain access to it for the first time in the early '90s.

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eLNk TIL that the daughter of Korean Air chairman ordered the aircraft to taxi back to the airport’s gate before takeoff because she was served Macadamia nuts in their original packaging instead of on a plate.
QJoKa TIL that in 2017, a security robot quit its job by drowning itself in a fountain
DybY TIL Kenan Thompson is not only about to break the record for ‘Longest Serving Saturday Night Live Cast Member ever’, he is also the first cast member to be born AFTER the Premiere in 1975.
4Djg TIL Fritz Haarman ran a butcher shop in post World War I Germany where he sold inexpensive meat to impoverished customers. Some were suspicious of his low prices and discovered he had murdered up to 50 boys and men and ground their bodies into sausage.
kJpRE TIL the Founding Fathers of the USA advocated for a monarch-like system for the newly formed nation right after defeating Britain in the American Revolutionary War.