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TIL that in the 80s (a decade before the WWW started to come on its own) 25 million people in France went on-line to bank, check the weather, chat, make reservations, socialize, check stock prices, and also for porn. No computer: they used a free Minitel terminal.

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LJR9 TIL: After investigating a possible hack into the Verizon infrastructure, they found that one of their developers had outsourced his job to a Chinese development firm. The firm did such an outstanding job that the developer was widely considered the best developer at Verizon.
p8LOO TIL of Mathew Charles Lamb. After killing two people in a shooting spree, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He then joined the Rhodesian Army after his psychiatric treatment was complete.
Wk0pB TIL One bee will only make 1/12 of a teaspoon on honey in its entire life, and that Bees are the only insect in the world that make food that people can eat.
pJjG TIL The Johns Hopkins University conducted a study of mushrooms with 36 college-educated adults (average age of 46) who had never tried psilocybin nor had a history of drug use. More than two-thirds reported it was among the top five most spiritually significant experiences in their lives.
0wbV1 TIL that Ichneumon wasps lay their eggs inside trees where they detect formerly laid and evolved wood wasp larvae. They paralize the other larvae through poison and then lay their single egg on top of it. Scientists are not sure how they find their victims through centimenters of solid tree bark