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TIL that The Republic of Estonia is digitalized and their government is completely running in the clouds.

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Lykr TIL Icelanders can easily read old norse, dead language that was spoken in scandinavia 1000 years ago because written Icelandic has changed so little.
m1jWM TIL that performance artist Marina Abramović created a piece called "The Artist Is Present" in 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where she sat silently at a table for a total of 736 hours over 3 months inviting museum visitors to sit across from her and make eye contact without speaking.
Yp1w7 TIL citizens who work for the CIA are officers – not agents or spies. All employees, from operations officers, to analysts, to librarians and public affairs, are considered CIA officers. The operations officers recruit well-placed human assets with access to information. These spies are agents.
9wMaX TIL Despite being the Heavyweight Champion of the world, Tyson Fury was not allowed to eat in a restaurant in the UK in 2016 because gypsies were not allowed
vma7 TIL in 1998, the US blamed a hack on Iraq. It turned out it was actually a couple of teenagers.