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TIL all English-language Wikipedia articles amount to just 44 GB – and they have it conveniently available for download.

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wDdM TIL that Martha Stewart got high with Snoop Dogg at the Comedy Central roast of Justin Bieber.
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OGG9X TIL that Czechoslovakia supported Bolivia during the Chaco War in the 1930s
KlvR TIL Chromecast’s model number is “H2G2-42”, a reference to the answer to life, the universe, and everything, from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
BrZGx TIL That since 1951 in Israel it is required by the law that every new building will have a security room that can withstand blast and shrapnel from conventional weapons, and offer protection against chemical and biological weapons.