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TIL India has more people using the Internet than the entire population of the United States

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5YM49 TIL: Ancient Romans used a single hand to show numbers smaller than 100 and another hand to show greater than 100. And using both hands they could count up to 10,000.
oBR6Y TIL that the Windows XP wallpaper titled Bliss was bought from a photographer which is the second-largest payment ever made to a photographer for a single image, however he signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose the exact amount
kJLv7 TIL the scent of Play-doh has been trademarked. Hasbro describes it as “sweet, slightly musky, vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, combined with the smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.”
wLWgo TIL That during Live Aid 1985 Phil Collins was traveling to the U.S to perform his second set via Concorde after performing his first set in the UK. On the plane he ran into Cher who had no idea that this historic concert was taking place. She performed on the final song 'We are the World'
X0ed6 TIL of the Loughton incinerator thefts. Between 1988 and 1992 at the Bank of England's incinerator plant, four employees stole more than £600,000 of used bank notes due for incineration. They were eventually found out when the husband of one tried to deposit £100k in used £20s and £50s.