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TIL AOL still makes about $600 million a year from dial-up Internet subscriptions.

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yPL8 TIL as recently as the 1700’s a man could use a woman’s pregnancy as evidence he did NOT rape her due to the belief one can only get pregnant if they enjoy the sex
e0LXL TIL that the practice of worker's compensation has its origins in 18th century piracy. A system of compensation was established as a result of the occupation's high risk of injury and included payments for different types of injuries as well as giving crewmates less strenuous duties when injured.
5YrD8 TIL Ross Perot had a Sesame Street character named "H. Ross Parrot." When asked to comment Perot said, "1) the nose is too small. 2) it's not a real Texas accent. 3) my family loves it, my grandchildren love it." and ""I'm sure that parrot thinks he's much better looking than I am."
M7kNW Today I learned about the Heslington Brain, the oldest found preserved brain as it is over 2,600 years old
oBkyY TIL the New York City Blackout of 1977 helped ignite the Hip-Hop scene. Prior to the outage, there was only a handful of DJ’s in the area, which was suffering economically. After, there were over a 1000 DJ’s due to people looting the music equipment stores during the blackout. Hip-hop had exploded.