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TIL there was a virus that replaced all files on your computer with images of squid.

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667Y TIL that pleiades star cluster was historically used as a test for eyesight. Count 6 and you have good eyesight. Count 7 or more and you can be a warrior scout
EBRW TIL the “Share a Coke” campaign—where Coca-Cola replaced its name on bottles with people’s first names —increased Coca-Cola’s U.S. sales by more than 2 percent and, in doing so, helped reverse more than 10 years of decline in Coke consumption in the U.S.
mxLbo TIL - Nikola Tesla toyed with the idea of a “world wireless system” in the early 1900s, and visionary thinkers like Paul Otlet and Vannevar Bush conceived of mechanized, searchable storage systems of books and media in the 1930s and 1940s.
jNQYn TIL That a horse's horsepower exceeds 1 horsepower.
W7QO8 TIL that the Arctic Tern, because of its migratory route, can live two summers a year; it is, of all living beings, the one that receives the most sunlight during its life. It can travel an average of 70,900 km per year and live up to 30 years.