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TIL most of the world’s major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated—in the United States, only two per cent of rivers run unimpeded.

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grmyW TIL that the hard disk of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden contained many video games including Half Life, Dragonball Z, Nintendo emulator games, and animated movies including Cars and Ice Age
E1GxW TIL After the Success of Atari 2600 games. Quaker Oats released 13 games for Atari 2600.
6EmyQ TIL Roman Emperor Philippus Arabus seemed unusually sympathetic towards monotheists, lacking the persecution of 3rd century counterparts. Eusebius, Jerome, and others even believed that he converted. A popular anecdote alleged Philip was denied entry to church on Easter until he confessed his sins
4eJN TIL America’s first female self-made millionaire was a black woman
LNK0 TIL -“Genericide” Is the term for calling similar products by the same brand name, such as all tissue paper “kleenex”,or calling a photocopiers a “Xerox”. Most popular: all pain killers “aspirin”.