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TIL that, other than The Beatles, Mariah Carey holds the most number ones in US history (19)

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VMm6m TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout was created in the early 1870s for typewriters. It was purposely designed to slow the user down so the typewriter keys wouldn't jam. 150 years later, we are still using the same keyboard design even though we don't have to worry about keys jamming.
xVMBB TIL: the world's first HD 6DoF video (VR video where you can walk around like in a game) was sized at 3GB per frame. 10 minutes of video would be 1800GB.
v5jL TIL that federal law in Canada states that a beer pint is 20oz, instead of an American 16oz pint, and the government asks for violators to be reported
kOdW TIL citizens of a small NY town forced McDonalds to renovate (instead of tearing down) the ~200-year-old Georgian mansion it purchased, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location
ZxEY TIL a man claimed ownership of the moon and has legally sold over 300 million acres of extraterrestrial land to over 2 million people in 176 countries.