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TIL that Gmail was launched on April 1,2004 and was widely assumed to be an April Fools’ Day prank.They offered 1GB free storage in 2004 while other webmail services provided between 5MB - 50MB.

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NXA1J TIL of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who in 1984 survived 6 hours in 5 °C cold water after his ship sank and then trekked barefoot for 3 hours across lava fields before reaching safety. Despite only wearing shirt, sweater and jeans, he showed almost no symptoms of hypothermia or vasodilatation.
oNYK TIL there is an ATM in the Vatican that gives instructions in Latin, and is believed to be the only one in the world to do so
D1PLP TIL- Liza Minelli, the daughter of Judy Garland who played Dorothy in 'The Wizard Of Oz' married the son of the actor who played the Tin Man.
ADnkx TIL Georgy Gruzinsky, a Russian nobleman, faked his death in 1798 to avoid a court sentence. He reappeared when he was effectively pardoned in 1802, and actually died in 1852.
X01lR TIL: Dumbbells are named after silenced[dumb] bell towers that were used to practice ringing the heavy bells