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TIL that Archimedes of the 3rd century BC calculated the universe’s diameter to be what is now 2-light years in astronomy and discovered the law of exponent while trying to name numbers that are significantly higher than 10,000^2 (myriad myriads)

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GY4D4 TIl that the first use of the 'temporary insanity defense' in the U.S. WAS WHEN IN 1859, a Congressman SHOT AND KILLED a man who was having an affair with his wife. THE man killed was Philip Barton Key II,SON OF THE STAR spangled Banner author Francis Scott Key.
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glR4 TIL that in 2007 black leaders of Noxubee County Mississippi were found guilty of orchestrating “relentless racial discrimination” against white voters.
Gow1 TIL there was a dial-up online gaming service for Sega Saturn that you accessed through a 28.8 modem cartridge that plugged into a phone line. There were no servers; to play against someone, your Sega called their Sega.
VMxeQ TIL that the 1963 return of the village of Elten from the Netherlands to West Germany caused a bizarre 'smuggling' operation. Businessmen parked hundreds of trucks full of butter in the town on the night before the handover, dodging German import taxes when the border crossed the goods the next day