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TIL that after the first transatlantic telegraph message, the citizens of New York were so excited that they set the City Hall on fire during the celebrations.

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0k9v TIL In 1991, when President Bush proposed placing the DARPA network into the public domain, Democratic Rep. (now Senator) Chuck Schumer argued “it would be a waste of the taxpayers’ money” to essentially give away the Defence Department technology. DARPAnet became the basis for the Internet.
JYgYv TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand would only mate with people's heads, so they made an ejaculation helmet for people to wear, the parrot to fuck and the helmet to collect the rare semen.
ep6PJ TIL in Jewish tradition, the Tzadikim Nistarim refers to 36 people whose role in life is to justify the purpose of humanity in the eyes of God
nN8P TIL that in the USA people often fire their guns into the air on New Year’s Eve. Between ‘85 and '92, 38 people died from the falling bullets in LA alone.
7r0QX TIL Sting sang backup vocals on the Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing"