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TIL that the spinning, animated icon to indicate that something on your screen is loading is called a "Throbber"

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9PAm TIL that after the collapse of the South Sea company in 1720, which bankrupted many and severely affected the economy of England, a proposal was made in parliament to place bankers in sacks filled with snakes and throw them into the River Thames.
dDxVZ TIL The corpse of the dog who played Toto in "The Wizard of Oz" was dug up from his original burial site to make room for Ventura Freeway. When some fans found out, they ran a fundraiser to create a headstone for "Toto" to be placed in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
95dG TIL that Google made a detailed, interactive map of the galaxy in HTML5, just to see if they could.
mEKx TIL according to BP at today’s production levels there are 53.3 years’ worth of oil left in the earth.
D1moJ TIL of water privatization and the 31 countries that have private water, being England the only one where all the country is affected by it