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TIL In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm, invested in a geospatial data visualization company named Keyhole, which was sold to Google in 2004 and later became the basis for Google Earth.

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VEBm TIL Black individuals have been found to report the highest levels of self-esteem of any racial group in the United States
k441 TIL you should use “e.g.” when you mean “for example,” versus using “i.e.” which should be used when you mean “that is”
YpDRG TIL In Rockville, Maryland, "A person may not profanely curse and swear or use obscene language upon or near any street, sidewalk or highway within the hearing of persons passing by, upon or along such street, sidewalk or highway."
M7A7B TIL the Byzantine Emperor had an elite personal guard (The Varangians) composed of Norsemen, Rus, and Anglo-Saxons who emigrated to Constantinople.
R9e6 TIL that they’ve put armed rangers on guard 24/7 to protect the last male northern white rhino left on Earth