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TIL Newgrounds was one of the first Web 2.0 sites, where you could upload Flash movies and games and others could rate and review it as early as 2000

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GYV57 TIL the Parliament building in Bucharest is so massive that even though it already contains both lower and upper houses of parliament, three museums, and an international conference centre, 70% of the building is still empty. The heating and electrical bill alone amounts to $6 million a year.
xVy81 TIL that in 2009, Tasmanian opium farmers discovered circles and patterns in their crops. It turns out it was wallabies getting high and bouncing around in circles.
9Ymgm TIL that the US Navy owns a ship named USS Chancellorsville, which is literally named after a battle that the US lost.
64aW TIL an accountant from Canada created a full-length role-playing game using an Excel workbook.
wLDE7 TIL Fred Rogers proposed to his wife Joanne via letter. When she received it, Joanne rushed to a payphone to respond. She was so nervous that when Fred answered the phone she was focused on the phone booth graffiti and greeted him by saying, "Shit." Fred laughed and she agreed to marry him.