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TIL that CERN invented HTML.

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QNEJd TIL despite their portrayal in popular culture, only two types of Armadillos can roll into a ball, the other types having too many armor plates to be able to do so
YpgQA TIL about Peter principle that states if a person is competent at their job, it will get promoted until the person is incompetent at his new role. Then they remain stuck at that final level for the rest of their career. Therefore, in time, every post tends to be occupied by an incompetent employee.
gMDB8 TIL of all the US states and territories, Hawaii has the lowest "highest all-time temperature" at 98°.
16DoW TIL that in 2012 Slovak Lawmakers made a public poll asking for the name for a new bridge between Slovakia and Austria. 'Chuck Norris Bridge' won overwhelmingly
4koEg TIL that in 1986, a French woman invested several months of her time to gain the necessary qualifications to operate a helicopter. She then proceeded to rent one, fly it over a prison, and successfully extract her husband, a convicted bank robber, from the prison's roof.