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TIL Sixdegrees.com was considered the first true recognizable social media site. Created in 1997, the site allowed users to upload a profile and make friends with other users.

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4XMkN TIL the THX sound from the opening credits of movies has a name
J5Z1 TIL That ‘Paranormal Activity’ only cost $15000 to produce and made $193.4 million at the box office
jNN4j TIL Sally Ride had a female partner for more than 25 years, making her the first known LGBT astronaut.
BoNW TIL during a brief power-outage at Nirvana in Munich, Krist Novoselic joked “We’re on the way out. Grunge is dead. Nirvana’s over.“ It would be Nirvana’s last concert before Cobain’s death.
QxJd TIL that the bubbles from boiling water make a coffee maker work (as opposed to a pump) and that most basic coffee makers have no moving parts.