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TIL The @ Symbol was invented in 1956. 435 years before email was invented.

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rNLRM TIL Edinburgh, Scotland was the first city in the world to have its own fire brigade
gALX TIL that on the longest ice road in Europe, in Estonia, it is illegal to wear a seatbelt
8GmL TIL In 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson said to the Greek ambassador “Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fellows continue itching the elephant they may just get whacked by the elephant’s trunk, whacked good.”
M7P0V TIL Scientists showed with study that 94% of their AI-generated exam answers remained unrecognized. The AI performed half a grade better than the students.
kA61 TIL dying is illegal in Longyearbyen, Norway because the town’s small graveyard stopped accepting bodies after discovering the permafrost prevented the bodies from decomposing.