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TIL that the "Fi" in "WiFi" doesn't mean anything (ie, Wireless Fidelity). The creators just called it that because it rhymed with "HiFi".

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kJJne TIL Texas has the right to split itself into five states.
MeeWK TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
wLwgo TIL that in 1966 Harper Lee donated $10 to a school board that tried to ban To Kill a Mockingbird with a note that said “I hope [the $10] will be used to enroll the Hanover County School Board in any first grade of its choice.”
xVkP7 TIL that at least one person has been killed by a lava lamp. In 2004, Philip Quinn decided to heat his lava lamp on the kitchen stove. The lamp exploded, shooting a shard of glass into his heart and ending his life.
jNpBj TIL a reverend of the Freedom Church of Revelation asked the Vice Chancellor of Delaware for permission to settle a lawsuit with a "trial by combat to death." The Vice Chancellor rejected this request. This happened in 1983.