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TIL the first email was sent in 1971, almost two decades before the World Wide Web existed

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7rBaP TIL that PETN, a very powerful high explosive, is used as medicine
e8a6 TIL that ‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin still uses WordStar 4.0, a word processor application that was released in the mid-80s and runs on DOS to write all his novels.
rRAPW TIL there is such a thing as a "pee detector" in some elevators to prevent public urination and it locks you in the elevator if it detects urine.
5Kbr TIL in the popular video game ‘deus ex’ released in the year 2000, it is missing the twin towers due to graphical limitations. The in-game explanation for this was that they were destroyed by a terrorist attack.
l7GkG TIl In 1988, Rob Lowe filmed himself having sex with a 16yo and it almost ruined his career