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TIL that the internet was called “The Galactic Network” when it was first conceived.

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E1EmW TIL in 1940, French soldiers in Lille held off a German force 5 times their size, allowing 100,000 more Allied troops to evacuate at Dunkirk and prompting the German general to grand them an Honours of War ceremony after the surrender
QNKWk TIL that almost a year ago, Maine's Govenor, Janet Mills, made Prostitution "Half Legal" in the State of Maine.
W5rL TIL there is a town in Peru where men, women and children fistfight each other on December 25 to settle old conflicts and begin the new year with a clean slate. “Takanakuy”
5YegR TIL that there are completely Black Chickens that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark organs.
ZpPbQ TIL in 2005, Sony sold music CDs that installed hidden software without notifying users (a rootkit). When this was made public, Sony released an uninstaller, but forced customers to provide an email to be used for marketing purposes. The uninstaller itself exposed users to arbitrary code execution.