Mind-blowing Facts That Literally Nobody Has Heard Before

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Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the main software for the World Wide Web, doesn't love his creation. He doesn't think that adding "//" after "https:" was necessary. It was standard for coding at the time, but it never really served a purpose. He believes that leaving it out would have made the internet a simpler place.

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The More You Know

  • A man sued Pepsi claiming he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
  • Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
  • You're more likely to become President than you are to win the lottery.
  • The smallest unit of measurement in the universe is the Planck length.
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