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TIL screensavers were originally created as a way to prevent burn-in on old CRT screens, where if the image stayed the same for too long it would get burnt into the screen.

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gMyM8 TIL: Egypt is the oldest country in the world. It became a country c 6000 BCE
QJAPp TIL Santa was skinny for most of his existence. In 1863, cartoonist Thomas Nast began drawing him with a huge stomach. Both the skinny and fat versions of Santa existed into the 1930's, when Coca Cola used a fat Santa in their advertisings, forever cementing that image in pop culture.
ADgmw TIL of Operation Foxley - an Allied plan to assassinate Hitler. It wasn't put into place because Hitler proved to be such a terrible strategist that the Allies decided the war would be over sooner with him in charge.
Xlr8 TIL Bird populations are plummeting, and cats alone are responsible for killing billions of birds every year in the lower 48 states.
p8ZN4 TIL that Porgs were included in Star Wars because they had no way of getting rid of all the puffins when they were filming in Ireland