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TIL that Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, typed 313 books into the computer by hand to create free e-books.

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Lkmr TIL that Guilin Merryland Resort, a theme park in China, offers half-off admission to women who wear skirts that are 15 inches or shorter.
9YvxQ TIL Pink Floyd played a concert with no audience at the ampitheatre in Pompeii, Italy 1971 being the first performance to occur there since the eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79AD at the time of the ancient romans
jZ5p TIL there is a hotel in Sweden with all the rooms up in trees.
aK5A TIL A Michigan rock collector found an impressive 93 lb. Petoskey stone in Lake Michigan in 2015, only to have it promptly confiscated by authorities. The stone violated a Michigan law that states no more than 25 pounds of rocks or minerals can be taken from the Great Lakes per year.
oByjK TIL about Masoud, a black slave belonging to Fatimid Caliph Al Hakim. Al Hakim would wander the streets of Cairo looking for deceptive merchants, and when he discovered one he would have Masoud publicly sodomise the man.