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TIL that in 1978 France rolled out a pre-World Wide Web online service (MiniTel) that gave it’s users access to online shopping, search engines, cybersex, message boards etc … France Telecom only retired the service in 2012 after 30 years and 800 000 units still in use.

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J1DDB TIL that in 1916 Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress, representing Montana. She ran and won again in 1940, and no woman has represented Montana at a Federal level since.
DQo8V TIL infants under one year old should not be fed honey
R7PZl TIL about tactile illusions, including Aristotle's Illusion: if you cross your fingers and touch the tip of your nose with the tips of both crossed fingers, it feels like you're touching two noses.
xVrRB TIL in the entire "Treehouse of Horror" series on "The Simpsons" only the first episode actually takes place in a treehouse
neP6Y Today I learned that the genome of Golden Delicious apples has been mapped, and they have over twice as many genes as humans (57,000 genes vs. 25,000 genes).