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TIL Hashcash, a proof-of-work-as-payment system was proposed in 1997.

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XEBbr TIL of the Sea Peoples. They were a group of raiders and pirates that nearly toppled ancient Egypt, conquering almost half the country. Archaeologists do not know anything about where they came from or who they went afterwards.
9r9X TIL a woman hung herself in front of several houses, went unreported for several hours due to many thinking it was a Halloween decoration.
VBnyG TIL that during WW2, the US also confined people with German and Italian ancestry (many who had US citizenship).
AD7Nw TIL of Project 100000, a recruitment effort during Vietnam that brought in mentally and physically unfit people for service to fill the ranks. Many brought in had a 5th grade level education and were considered mentally challenged.
4XkPa TIL; That China's President Xi Jinping censored Winnie the Pooh after he was made aware of his online comparison to Pooh bear.