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KYQOJ TIL Intel was originally going to be called Moore Noyce after two of its co-founders, but the name was rejected because it sounded too similar to "more noise"
NNae TIL leaderless groups tend to elect self-centered and narcissistic individuals as leaders
Oo9Ae TIL that the moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body is called Terminator
wo0KJ TIL that the population of England prior to the first outbreak of the black death in 1348 was approximately 6 million. The next several centuries saw repeated outbreaks, and by 1550 the total population was thought to be under 3 million
Bn5K TIL that in 2013, India’s army watched “Chinese spy drones” violating its air space for six months. They later found out they were actually watching Jupiter and Venus.