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TIL that Git-hub, a code hosting platform is protecting priceless open-source codes by storing multiple copies in archival facility 250 meters deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain to last at least 1,000 years so that future historians can find it !

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RWWa TIL that Romania shipped 93.4 TONES of gold to Rusia in 1916 so that Russia would safe keep the Romanian Treasure in the Kremlin until the end of the war. And, as of 2014, they gave back only 33 kg of it.
KYlvG TIL a territorial loophole created a de facto lawless piece of land between the Dutch and Belgian border. This area became known for hosting illegal raves, drug deals and prostitution. The loophole was closed in 2018 after a headless corpse was found there.
KO4a9 TIL about Estevanico, or Mustafa Azemmouri, an enslaved Muslim of Moroccan origin who became the first African to explore North America when, following a shipwreck off Galveston Island, he walked from Texas to Sinaloa in the 1530s
bNAQ TIL Due to an error with PayPal, a man was credited with 92 trillion dollars making him briefly the richest man ever. For reference, all money owned by every person and country in the world only totals 199 trillion.
a814M TIL Employees working for movie theaters in the US are exempted from federal law requiring overtime pay. The clause within the 'Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938' establishing "exemption for any employee employed by an establishment which is a motion picture theater" still remains in place today.