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TIL that in 1973 science historian James Burke predicted the widespread use of computers for business decisions, the creation of metadata banks of personal information, and changes in human behaviour, such as greater willingness to reveal personal information to strangers

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AN7jl TIL that McDonald's first Executive Chef Rene Arend invented both the McNuggets & the McRib
pYdbA TIL that Bisons were in millions up until the beginning of 20th century, the reason was because European settlers and US governments were systematically working on slaughtering them, as a strategy of displacement to enforce native americans to leave.
aOeZ TIL the Shakers, a religious sect that once numbered over six thousand, died off because one of their central tenants is celibacy.
e0BoD TIL: The term "Third World" originated during the cold war, and was used to refer to countries that were neither aligned with NATO (the "first world") or the Communist Bloc (the "second world"). Under the original definition, Sweden, Finland and Austria are "third world countries".
DyWe TIL Kenya rejected aid of 42 tons of ‘dog food’ aimed at starving children sent by a New Zealand dog food manufacturer