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TIL the difference between disc and disk. Disc refers to optical media(Blu-ray, CD, DVD, etc), and disk refers to magnetic media(floppy disk, hard disk, etc).

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g7yA TIL that Malcolm X and possible Martin Luther King Jr. were planning on bringing the US Government in front of the United Nations on charges of human rights violations against African Americans
5YNPr TIL that everything around us exists in the past, It takes brain 13 milliseconds to register what it sees. You aren't seeing the current state of anything.
e0MO6 TIL Pakistan used Indian currency notes from 1947 to 1948, Indian notes were stamped with ‘Government of Pakistan’ title | The Reserve Bank of India acted as the common currency authority for India and Pakistan until September 1948
6R4Y TIL a koi fish named Hanako lived for 225 years
QNk9E TIL about the Angel Makers of Nagyrév. A group of women who killed at least 50-300 people(depends on your source). In the early stages it was to save women from abusive husbands.