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TIL AT&T has a center in San Francisco (dubbed “Room 641A”) whose sole purpose is to monitor domestic and global internet traffic. There are potentially ten to twenty of these across the country.

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rl60 TIL the only American President to propose a guaranteed minimum income was a Republican, Richard Nixon.
4kD6b TIL in 1660 Prince Rupert brought bulbous shaped glass "drops" to King Charles II. These were the first instance of a predecessor to tempered glass. They could withstand a blow from a hammer on the bulbous end without breaking, while exhibiting explosive disintegration if the tail was damage.
6EXJZ TIL Bob Barker is part Sioux and spent most of his childhood living on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota
xVxG1 TIL that the video game market accounts for more than half of UK's entertainment sector and is worth more than the music and movie industry combined, according to new report.
jNLpn TIL About Ibrahim Hamato, a para table tennis player who reached the paralympics of Rio 2016 playing with his mouth, as he has no arms.