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TIL The entire nation of Qatar has the same IP address

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J1mmB TIL The often-quoted low IQ of developing countries is based on bogus and misleading data
PYyxV TIL the last bursts of light in the universe will not be visible from any of the other last remaining stars. The distances will be so large that the photons will decay before crossing them.
PYWxL TIL - Victor Lustig, a German con artist, designed and sold a "money box" which he claimed could print $100 bills. A victim, sensing profits, would buy the machine for a high price. Stocked with six to nine genuine $100 bills for demonstration purposes, but after that it produced only blank paper.
X05jP TIL The first case of a DUI was a London Cabbie named George Smith who was swerving all over the place on September 10th, 1897 shortly after midnight. He was fined 20 schillings and told to be more careful next time.
9pnB TIL scientists, via brain scanning, communicated with a man in coma who told them he was not in pain.