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TIL Generation Y officially buys more books than baby boomers

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16VOD TIL that the "Fi" in "WiFi" doesn't mean anything (ie, Wireless Fidelity). The creators just called it that because it rhymed with "HiFi".
KO6RR TIL that in 1961 France massacred some 300 Algerian protesters in Paris, throwing many into the Seine river
b6vZj TIL In 1970, a comic was published where Superman helped turn Lois Lane black for a day
JY8v TIL most of these “ugly fish” posts on reddit are actually just pictures of sculptures.
pYeoG TIL cilantro seeds are coriander, coriander leaves and stems are cilantro, cilantro means coriander in Spanish.