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TIL the first text message was “Merry Christmas!”

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JaaV TIL seven million dependents “disappeared” in 1987 when the IRS started requiring social security numbers for dependents.
lYMa TIL there are more tigers in Texas than in their native land of India
Y7nWv TIL that the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany is the oldest public housing complex in the world, being founded all the way back to the 1510s.
pYo84 TIL that the wood-frame architecture of the Forbidden City could withstand a hypothetical magnitude 10 earthquake
l7WmA TIL Oprah Winfrey is one of America’s most generous celebrities. She’s donated millions to Morehouse College, helped fund the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African History and Culture, and created a $40 million school for girls in South Africa. She’s given over $400 million to many worthy causes.