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TIL Vladimir Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent

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Z8AYG TIL of the Chinese social credit system, which will be used to exclude citizens from flights, schools, loans etc. Based on their "score" received from monitoring of everyday activity
ZPNB TIL of Wolfgang Beltracchi, the most successful art forger of all time, who is famous not for making recreations of famous paintings, but for making originals in the style of famous artists, believable enough that hundreds of his works are on display in museums across the world.
N7Pmb TIL despite being over 25 years old, the musical instrument digital interface, MIDI, is still on version 1.0! A testament to good design.
loQn1 TIL about the key distinction between “proximate” and “ultimate” analyses in biology & psychology
XxoD TIL That the Pentagon has 2 times more bathrooms than needed because it was built during segregation.