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TIL Google has bought an average of 1 company per week since 2010

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Y7p7G TIL the IRS still operates largely on mainframe computers running 60 year old code
mMbY TIL that Liechtenstein had not had a single murder from 1997 to at least 2007(TEN YEARS!!).
KOO1E Your brain is likely reverse-engineering a reason
81lX TIL during 1936 Berlin Olympic games, the Nazis ridiculed the US for relying on “non-human black auxiliaries.” American black athlete Jesse Owens went on to win 4 gold medals and beat a German at Long Jump in front of Hitler. Four years after Owens’ death, a street in Berlin was renamed after him.
yVy4e TIL that MIT will award a Certificate in Piracy if you take archery, pistols, sailing and fencing as your required PE classes.