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TIL there are proposed plans to expand the US telephone system because the number of available new 3-digit area codes is expected to be used up by around 2050.

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D1yAj TIL there's an ethnicity known as the "Magyarab". They are descendent from Hungarians mercenaries who settled in Sudan and Egypt under the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century.
gME0y TIL during the Punic Wars, the Romans realized they had no clue how to build ships. They decided to rent row boats, run aground a Carthaginian ship, and plagiarize the designs. The entire first fleet of their new Navy was based off this ship, but learning to row proved more challenging.
R5gja TIL The Slow Loris is the only venomous primate. When threatened, they lick a gland on their inner elbow that, when mixed with their own saliva, creates a toxic compound known to cause muscle convulsions, heart and respiratory problems, unconsciousness, and even death through anaphylaxis shock.
L09m TIL The origin of the word “Butterfly” may have come from its yellow excrement and the middle Dutch word boterschijte. The literal meaning is “butter-shitter”.
yoKe TIL Today is the 197th birthday of the author of the first computer algorithm, Ada Lovelace.