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TIL Neopets was originally aimed at college students who couldn’t have pets in their dorms

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rRv7M TIL that Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician and astronomer (276 BC), measured of Earth's circumference by using the shadow angles from the sun in two locations. He calculated it was 39,375 km, which is 1.4% less than the real number of 40,076 km
mGKP TIL there are more US nuns over the age of 90 than under 60
JYoZ1 TIL Beethoven once responded to criticism of one of his pieces with "What I shit is better than anything you could ever think up!"
MyLm TIL that in it’s run, almost every background character in Spongebob Squarepants has been given a name, some of them are even related.
wkWE TIL that Ayn Rand, upon her retirement, went onto Social Security and Medicare.