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TIL that Uruguay was part of Brazil and became independent in 1825

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WkeLB TIL Seven’s a lucky number if you need to restart the whole internet. Only seven people from the ICANN can restore it in case of a catastrophe. The DNSSEC root key holders would be summoned to a base in the United States to oversee a reboot of the system, using their keys to enable it.
ZAk4 TIL that a 4 second awkward-silence pause in conversation creates feelings of rejection in the brain.
R7wk7 TIL that A Hard Day's Night is the only Beatles album for which all the songs were written by John Lennon Paul McCartney--no covers, and no songs written by George Harrison or Ringo Starr
VM9Z8 TIL Marlon Brando was expelled from high school for driving a motorcycle in the hallways
KYBNw TIL that people used to believe geese grew on trees