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TIL The United States does not have an official language.
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m1REE
TIL about 'information hazards'—true information that can be dangerous to know, such as how to build a nuclear bomb, DNA sequences of deadly pathogens, or even knowledge that once got people accused of witchcraft.
pvJN
TIL that the FBI identified the Unabomber – in part – due to him using the phrase “you can’t eat your cake and have it too” instead of “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” in his manifesto.
wokp1
TIL Garry Kasparov helped design a chess-playing computer program. Kasparov also makes an appearance as the last computer profile which has to be defeated in order to win the "Kasparov Chess Club"
x6kV1
TIL that there is a virus called Sputnik which infects other viruses. When a virus called APMV infects a host, Sputnik then hijacks it and uses it as a means to replicate, damaging the APMV's own machinery in the process, while not harming the host.
AZwa
TIL That McDonald’s daily customer traffic is larger than the population of Great Britain.