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TIL 9 lost cities have been rediscovered.

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R5n49 TIL that thanks to the efforts of Carter Center, the painful guinea worm disease has been reduced from 3.5 million cases a year to 13 in 2022.
1aDMr TIL that computers are incapable of producing randomness so when perfoming tasks like procedural generation they use outside sources like the mouse position or the fan noise as a starting point or even use "pseudorandom" generation algorithms using pre-made numbers.
KOZE4 TIL Sony made an ad for their color display technology featuring 1/4 million brightly colored bouncy balls released down the steep streets of San Francisco. About 50 students were hired to help collect them using skates and floor squeegees at the bottom after each take.
kOJKE TIL that America’s Oldest Private Detective Agency has been investigating China’s Fake Products
wLgZ8 TIL the founder of Yankee Candle sold his company but later went into business with his son before his passing. Their company is Kringle Candle, down the road from the original Yankee factory.