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TIL the modern Internet was born on January 1, 1983, making today its 30th cake day!

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y8PJ TIL: Interest in the United States was limited to 6% in the original 13 States. Beyond that it was considered usury, which was illegal.
Bgaab TIL that the earliest working type of escalator was patented in 1892 by Jesse W. Reno, and was actually introduced in 1896 as a novelty ride at Coney Island, a theme park in New York.
R7KA8 TIL the man who eulogized George Washington with the famous quote "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" was Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.