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TIL WiFi was invented in Australia by CSIRO scientists and received $220 million dollars from US companies in compensation for using the technology.

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gMdn7 TIL in 2010, an octopus from Germany named Paul would predict how every game in the FIFA World Cup would go. He ended up being 100% correct with every choice he made.
W7v18 TIL Aware of his own shortcomings in formal education, Abraham Lincoln mastered six books of Euclid’s Elements on his own in his early forties. Lincoln believed Euclid challenged him intellectually and made him into a better lawyer
M7DX7 TIL in Mexico, alcohol sales are banned on election days, and sometimes several days before.
p8XON TIL that the National Art Museum Of Ukraine recreated a "Sleeping Beauty" live exhibit inviting men to awaken beauties with a kiss. Five women were selected to perform "sleeping", having agreed to a very binding clause to marry the men if they opened their eyes while being kissed.
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