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TIL the University of Bologna (a public research university in Bologna, Italy) was founded in 1088 and, having never been out of operation, holds the title of the oldest university in the world.

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epOLb TIL that Alcatraz, the famous high-security SF jail, was once a crucial military outpost in the Gold Rush years
j6Npa TIL in 1908, the NYT reported a story on a dog that would push kids into the Seine in order to earn beefsteak treats for “rescuing” them.
4kdjJ TIL about “sex offenders island”. Washington’s McNeil Island houses 214 sex offenders too dangerous to be released following prison. Annual reviews for release include a penile plethysmography, a tool designed to measure sexual arousal.
VeZG TIL that after the release of the 1983 movie “Wargames”, visitors were so unimpressed with what NORAD actually looked like, that NORAD realized it was time to give their facility a major upgrade
lEaG TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle originally killed off Sherlock Holmes so he could focus on his historical novels. Conan Doyle reluctantly brought Holmes back after enduring eight years of public pressure.