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

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epPV5 TIL Latvia had a brief past as a colonial power. The Duchy of Courland, an antecedent to Latvia, held territory on the island of Tobago in the Caribbean and on the Gambia River in West Africa in the mid-1600s.
oBlNr TIL that Terry Fox was a 21 year old one-legged cancer patient who ran 3339 miles across Canada in 143 days before dying to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $715 million as of today to support cancer research.
x6B15 TIL a 1995 experiment by Oberholzer et al successfully showed DNA replication inside tiny spherical lipid bilayer structures called liposomes (similar to cell membranes) - mimicing early cellular conditions. Advancing our understanding of how life could have originated.
dDMy7 TIL that Australia has renewable energy potential of 10,000 MAH per person, can be ‘battery of the world,’ new report finds.
BgRXk TIL about ''Orange, Red, Yellow'', a painting that sold for $86,882,500