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TIL that 90% of Mozilla’s revenue comes from a contract with Google to be Firefox’s default search engine

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69GR7 Today I Learned that wifi is an acronym that was made up by a marketing firm and it doesn't actually stand for anything.
VBO8Q TIL “Don’t Mess with Texas” was created as part of a marketing campaign aimed at 16-24 yr old males to stop throwing their trash all over Texas.
0dPaM TIL that every element burns with a different color flame. Spectroscopy, study of these colors, has shown that the same elements exist all over the Universe.
J1jAj TIL that the Hope Diamond was once owned by King Louis XIV of France. Louis purchased the diamond in 1668, and started wearing it in 1673, after which it became known as the "French Blue". It was set in gold, and suspended on a neck ribbon, which King Louis XIV wore on ceremonial occasions.
6EVGY TIL When Sacha Baron Cohen was being threatened by the Kazakhstan government with legal action, he replied as his character, Borat: "I'd like to state that I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my government decision to sue this Jew."