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TIL that in 1960 BBC play, Sean Connery and Richard Pasco gave the first male-to-male kiss in television history

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mRLx TIL language learning site Duolingo makes its money from having its users practice translating a real-world document (e.g from CNN). Duolingo has contracts these websites to translate stories and is earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a year with this business model.
78EX7 TIL: In 1977, a lightning bolt hit a NYC power line, triggering a 25-hour blackout. The blackout led to widespread looting and arson. It showed how vulnerable cities are to natural disasters.
0deWM TIL the average Mexican is genetically 50% indigenous with evidence of native ancestry being significantly higher on the X chromosome.
WoVX TIL that explorer Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and Fiji, but managed to miss the entire continent of Australia.
g5G9 TIL - In March of 2000, Inés Ramírez Pérez performed a Caesarean section on herself and survived, as did her baby. She is believed to be the only known case of a successful self-inflicted Caesarean section