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TIL that pop-up ads were created by Ethan Zuckerman and he issued an apology for ever creating them in 2014.

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R6LQ TIL Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas had to abandon all of its land north of Missouri’s southern border to be added as a slave state. It then went unassigned to any territory for 45 years.
ObQe TIL from 2006 - 2010, excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.
GA7NQ TIL the human genome is about 800 MB, but the unique portions which vary between people can be compressed to only 4 MB.
RbK8 TIL Nazi censors wrote to J.R.R. Tolkien, inquiring whether he was of Jewish decent to see if they needed to ban his books in Germany. Tolkien wrote back saying he wished he could be so lucky.
L0pV TIL that you’re more likely to get killed by your couch then your average terrorist.