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TIL that there's an "Anti-Powerpoint Party" in Switzerland which seeks a referendum for prohibition of Powerpoint as well as of other presentation software because it "causes national economic damage" and "lowers the quality of presentation in 95% cases."

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ADBww TIL: In the 1800s, Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer set out to write an ambitious guide to all the nations on Earth. She had never set foot outside Shropshire. She was horribly misinformed about virtually every topic she turned her attention to. And she was prejudiced against foreigners.
XEYej Today I learned that Russia hid cities to the world during the Soviet era
m1PQY TIL that the fastest 100m egg and spoon timing is 16.59 seconds and is held by 2012 Olympic champion Sally Pearson
WrOB TIL that Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia’s autopsy found a bottle cap, a pipe screen, a mascara brush, and a key, in his intestine.
x6L1 TIL Australia used to have bars close at 6 pm, which fueled an after-work hour-long speed-drinking session called the “six o'clock swill”.