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TIL Greek scientist Eratosthenes was nicknamed ‘beta’ because he was second-best in the world in almost every field

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XAaX TIL in 1984 Stephen Fry bought the third Mac computer ever sold in Europe. The first two were purchased by none other than Douglas Adams.
GYe41 TIL that in Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level. Hence, if your neighbors find you annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship.
DdRv TIL In India there is a prison where prisoners can come and go as they please. The prisoners can also hold jobs, one prisoner is even a school teacher.
wo5QM TIL Elf on the Shelf, a "Christmas Tradition," didn't exist until 2005.
QNvOa TIL that humans of non-African descent all come from Homo Sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans after migrating to Eurasia, making up 1-4% and 4-6% of DNA respectively