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TIL: A twin was born 34 min after her brother, but because daylight savings time switched, was actually born 26 min before her brother

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WkJBN TIL for several years a company that kept a database of US IP address locations used a point near the geographical center of the US as the default location when the IP address locations were hidden. As a result a farm in Kansas had been targeted by the FBI, IRS, and angry vigilantes.
wemE TIL Louis C.K. still retains his Mexican Citizenship.
XxOR TIL, Prodigy, a first generation dial-up online service from the 1990s, is still in business and has 92% market share in Mexico.
Lbar TIL that during the Iran Hostage Crisis, American embassy staff tried to burn classified documents but the furnace malfunctioned, forcing them to use cheap paper shredders. After the takeover, Iran employed carpet weavers to put the shredded documents together.
loPDK TIL 1 day old baby Reindeer are faster than an Olympic sprinter