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TIL that on this day in 2000, the US national debt was dropping.

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nPY7 TIL of Betteridge’s law of headlines, which states that any headline that ends with a question mark can be answered with the word no.
R7PX8 TIL that automatons have been in existence since Ancient Greece.
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Xg7D TIL that a US company cannot legally forbid you to talk about pay with your coworkers.