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TIL The two forward slashes in website URLs are useless, and Tim Berners-Lee has apologized for it’s design.

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E1K40 TIL in 1908, German housewife Melitta Bentz was tired of ground coffee leftovers in her coffee cup. As a consequence, she invented the paper coffee filter, founded a company, and became the employer of her own husband, in a time when women weren't even allowed to vote.
D1QEY TIL: Peppercorns could help alleviate Cannabis-induced anxiety.
wLG5J TIL General George Thomas was arguably better than both Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant. He never lost a battle and once completely destroyed a confederate army, earning him the nickname "sledgehammer". History has forgotten because he was too modest and always downplayed his own accomplishments
loA0r TIL that Harley-Davidson motorcycles are made almost entirely from foreign parts and have been for decades.
A1yB TIL The word ‘Freelance’ was first used in the 1820 book 'Ivanhoe’. It referred to a knight with no allegiance.