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TIL jenga is Swahili for build

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GAoJG TIL, that in 1969 the Internet's first message was sent from UCLA to Stanford Research. It was intended to be "LOGIN" , due to a system crash, only "LO" was received at the other end.
7rnWr TIL the Electoral college was formed out of compromise between "North" and "South" pre-civil war, along with the "3/5ths compromise" , and is directly tied to slavery
NXyZ1 TIL that Stalin didn't like constructivist architecture and under his rule cheap mass-produced buildings were de facto banned from being built in large cities, which instead were filled with grandiose buildings with detailed façades and labour intensive masonry.
ayGM TIL Microsoft was about to use “Prepare to Fly” slogan for Windows XP launch but dropped it because the 9/11 happened.
j6wba TIL there is a form of breast augmentation called a Vampire Breast Lift, where the patient's own blood plasma is drawn from their arm then injected into their chest to "plump up their cleavage"