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TIL that the inventor of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, has one regret: adding the double slash // to URLs. In retrospect, he says, it was totally unnecessary.

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gMey4 TIL Already famous, Agatha Christie went on archaeological expeditions to Iraq and Syria. That experiences is reflected in novels such as Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Appointment with Death
p8e5N TIL Slave Bible, an abridged version of the bible made for slaves, in which the enslaved Israelites never left Egypt and lines that condemn slave owners were removed.
neBlY TIL that the Keep Calm and Carry On posters were rarely used in WW2. The phrase only came to popular attention after a poster was found in a book shop in 2000 and put on display.
yQQEw The vortex at Saturn’s north pole, observed by the Cassini space probe on December 30, 2013.
4kL4w TIL when an American film has more than one writer, an "&" indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An "and" means they worked independently on separate drafts.