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TIL About the Solar gravitational lens, where in deep space you can use the Sun as a telescope lens.

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N7n76 TIL about French Guiana, a department of the country of France in South America. Not a colony, it is the only territory of the mainland Americas to have full integration in a European country.
rRQkW TIL The history of White Gold dates back to 1710, when it was composed by alchemists Johan Frierich Bottger and Ehrenfried Walther Von Tcshirnhaus in Germany
BJ7k TIL that Samsung is known for its countersuing strategy, where when caught red-handed for stealing a patent, countersue, drag the suit on while churning out products to gain a marketshare and then settle once it’s too late for the competitor. This led to Pioneer laying off 10,000 employees.
GA167 TIL that the record for Highest Typing Speed ever recorded was set 76 years ago using a Typewriter.
grjQA TIL That many competitive Scrabble players quit playing competitively after hundreds of “offensive” words were banned, including racial slurs, sexuality and gender insults.