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TIL The first ever webpage, made in 1990 by CERN, is still functioning today and you can browse it here…

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NWPJ TIL Iceland is the only NATO country with no standing army.
Wkj8L TIL about Paul Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement, a measure for the credibility of a rebuttal to an argument, explored in his 2008 essay (link to essay in comment)
69yPY TIL In November 2024, The Taklimakan Desert, known as the "Sea of Death," has been completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt stretching 3,046 kilometers, marking the completion of this Chinese government project spanning over 40 years
a5RM TIL that in 1978, over 500 silent films were discovered buried in the Yukon permafrost, including footage of the scandalous 1919 World Series.
PYJlG TIL Grizzly bears have a sense of smell seven times stronger than that of a bloodhound.