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TIL there are more possible QR code combinations than there are atoms in the universe.

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Z8VmD TIL that The Rock's acting debut was as the Pendari Champion; an alien wrestler in Star Trek: Voyager.
m1E8P TIL that after being ousted by the Anschluss and kept in a concentration camp for 7 years the former dictator of Austria, Kurt Schushnigg, became a professor of political science in St. Louis University from 1948 to 1967.
oBPKW TIL diamonds are used as conflict gemstone's because they are much more common than other stones -- not because of their value.
M7Ko8 TIL Millions of Americans now entering midlife and old age were exposed to high levels of lead, a neurotoxin, as children.
b6ob4 TIL about James Shields, an American Politician who has the distinction of being the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states; he represented Illinois from 1849 to 1855, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859, and Missouri in 1879.