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TIL that Hotmail used to be written HoTMaiL because it was designed to include the letters HTML.

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ZpbJo TIL German citizens, upon reaching their 100th birthday, receive a letter of congratulations from their president.
yQ8lw TIL In 1924, the Ku Klux Klan got four of its members elected to Anaheim, California's five-member board of trustees, giving them control of city government. When the Klan's plan was exposed, their representatives were successfully recalled in a special election the following year.
D15ar TIL That the Vatican actually has a national football team. Vatican's national football team has played against 7 international football teams, which they have either lost or tied with the other team. The team consists only by Swiss guards and museum guards.
woXv8 TIL After Leonardo da Vinci's death in 1519, his half-brother Bartolomeo attempted to replicate his genius by fathering a son by a woman from the same village as Leonardo's mother. The boy, Pierino da Vinci, was raised in one of Florence's finest art studios but sadly died young.
RbN7 TIL The Show “Dirty Jobs” is Being Cancelled to Make Room for Shows like “Amish Mafia”. I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.