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TIL that today is World Standards Day. Except in the US, which celebrates it on 23 October.

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b60b0 TIL in 2007, the town of Tamaqua PA passed a law granting ecosystems legal rights. Any resident can file a lawsuit on behalf of the ecosystem.
6EaGW TIL that Paris gets its name from the Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, who between 250 and 225 BC, settled on the banks of the Seine, built bridges and a fort, minted coins, and began to trade with other river settlements in Europe
W7RjX TIL that in the 1970s head transplants were possible
m15dE TIL that it is unknown why the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway despite the other Nobel Prizes being awarded in Sweden. Alfred Nobel, who the awards were established in memory of, said that it should be that way in his will and gave no explanation as to why
GjWQ TIL: In 2014 The International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology accepted an article whose content was “Get me off your fucking mailing list.” repeated for ten pages.