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TIL that the Skype was initially named as “Sky peer-to-peer”, which was then abbreviated to “Skyper”.

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xDnk TIL In 2005 the Italian Prime Minister, Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” which was made of smoked reindeer.
KJ0G TIL There is a book that is over 800 years old, that is 3 feet tall and almost 2 feet thick. It is known as the Devils Bible and was written by a single person.
MekwA TIL in 1928 women competed in the 800 Meters Olympics for the first time and it was reported by the media to be a complete disaster with women fainting and sobbing hysterically. Women were no longer allowed to compete until 1960. In reality, no one fainted and several beat the existing world record.
XEjnR TIL in 1798 Congressman Matthew Lyon was imprisoned under the Sedition Act for criticizing and insulting the President. Later that year he became the only person ever reelected to Congress while incarcerated.
wLdg6 TIL in 2012, Jazz FM accidentally aired 5 minutes of pornography. A member of staff had been watching porn at his desk, and had accidentally left the audio of his studio computer linked to a computer on the broadcast console.