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TIL Seven people have keys with the power to restart the World Wide Web in the event of a catastrophic event.

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QnXe TIL that when Justin Bieber first heard ‘Call Me Maybe’ on Canadian Radio he referred Carly Rae Jepson to his manager which allowed her to procure an American recording deal and access to worldwide distribution. Thus, the song to this date has sold between 10-15 million copies worldwide.
Bedx TIL Legoland donated $10,000 to Youth for Human Rights International, a Scientology group, thinking it was a human rights charity.
Y7kod TIL The average male height in the Netherlands is 6ft 1/2" (183.8cm).
E1kko TIL of "The Tornado That Saved Washington". During the British sacking of 1814 a storm rolled in that doused most of the fires in the city (including the White House) and killed British soldiers with thrown debris
epAjD TIL about Operation Abacus, a Canadian military operation in response to anticipated disruption due to the Y2K bug. It was intended as a contingency plan not just to coordinate the protection of government computers but also ensure social order if computing systems went down.