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TIL Google became more valuable than Russia’s entire stock market back in December 2014

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b69N7 TIL in 1899, the Mississippi River froze over near Cairo, Illinois, and icebergs broke loose and continued to float downriver through New Orleans before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
Eg86x TIL one of the most widely used procedures to reliably induce psychological stress in a laboratory setting is designed to simulate a job interview
xMl1 TIL that worldwide, more than one in every ten marriages is between first and second cousins.
Bgv9y TIL: That the first video to air on MTV was one emblematic of MTV's concept, The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" which was immediately followed by a brief message about music and television coming together and then "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar.
wogn1 TIL about the Ethiopic term "abugida" - a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; a consonant letter being primary in the unit, and vowel notation being secondary. Letters with shared consonant sounds show resemblance to one another.