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TIL the amount of data in the "digital universe" can't be quantified, but at the start of 2020 was estimated to be at around 44 zetabytes (4.4 × 10^13TB)

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mxZ9y TIL The pyramids weren't built by slaves, but a complex system of voluntary, privileged laborers.
e0jab TIL about the confederate cornerstone speech, a speech given by the Confederate Vice President at the beginning of the war, outlining the cornerstones of the Confederate government, including the ideals of racial superiority.
dDK5Q TIL about the Khodynka Tragedy, a crowd crush that occurred at a huge celebration of the coronation of Czar Nicholas II in 1896. 1,389 people died.
6EwpZ TIL Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year.
6rkJ TIL an Indian man was fraudulently declared dead by his uncle. He fought with the Indian government for nineteen years to prove that he is alive.