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TIL New York’s area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone

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P1YWZ TIL about Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an Dutch Button salesman who in 17th Century managed to build an eyeglass 10 times more powerful than the best Microscope of the day and discovered millions of bacteria present in single drop of water He is sometimes knows as father of Microbiology

8awKP TIL the nation of Bhutan uses Gross National Happiness (GNH) as their population’s development indicator rather than Gross Domestic Product. The concept is designed to encourage people to take more open approaches to progressive mindsets and personal wellbeing.

epZrE TIL Spongebob Squarepants is credited for creating wider awareness of Leif Erikson Day outside the Norwegian-American community

6Eg68 TIL If you have a rope long enough to wrap around the entire circumference of the globe. The rope is 24,901.55 miles long. If you now want to lengthen the rope so that it can hover one foot off the ground at all points on earth. It only takes just 6.28 feet more of rope.

wvOE TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that ‘infinity has different sizes’, was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from depression until the end of his life.