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TIL Way back in 1994 a camera was trained upon a lonely fishtank within the as yet unknown company Netscape. It transmitted live images of the fishtank to the emerging new landscape known as the World Wide Web. It was the second live camera on the web and is the oldest camera site still in existence

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OogLL TIL that the filling inside a Ferraro Rocher is in fact, Nutella. Both are made by the same company.
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7rPGO TIL In 1973 three austronauts aboard the space station Skylab engaged in mutiny, cutting all contact with NASA so they could have time to relax and enjoy the view.
9YjZQ TIL that Christopher Guest (of Spinal Tap and Best in Show fame) is from a long line of a British aristocrats. He is a member of the House of Lords and his official title is The Right Honorable Lord Hayden-Guest