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TIL of the Diderot Effect, where acquiring a new thing leads you to want to upgrade and acquire other things.

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eOD6 TIL that Romans used to call Christians atheists because they didn’t pay tribute to their gods.
pBAN TIL in February of 1863, there was a snowball battle amongst rival divisions of Confederate troops in which approximately 10,000 Confederate soldiers participated. It was later described by a participant as “one of the most memorable combats of the war.”
J5v TIL that a random guy on a beach in Scotland found an axe head that could be 450,000 years old
nW9vP TIL: The first message ever sent on the Internet was “LO”
rR7Zw TIL Shun Fujimoto won a gold medal in Olympic Gymnastics against the USSR despite having a broken leg during his performance.