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TIL the current fastest Wifi band (6GHz) already transmits, but most people can't access it. As of 2023, tech giants such has Apple only have 2 phones that support it.

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dDXBj TIL that in 1860 President Buchanan vetoed the Homestead Act, stating it was unfair to "old settlers" who had paid for the land.
oRNvA TIL that dishes made of lead may have caused the fall of the Roman Empire as it could likely caused lead poisoning that lowered the cognitive abilities of the ruling class
1aYA7 TIL that Ken Jennings would have lost his first game on Jeopardy if not for a technicality allowing players to write only the last name of the correct response in Final Jeopardy. Jennings went on to win 74 games and over $2.5 million, eventually becoming the show's "Greatest of All Time" contestant.
epWM5 TIL that wasps have to 'perish' in a fig and it turns into a soup before becoming fruit
jMGE TIL of Heinz Drossel, a German Lieutentant during WWII that refused to join the Nazi Party. He came upon a woman on a bridge who attempted to jump as soon as she saw his uniform, as she was Jewish. He stopped her and assisted her in escaping to safety. After the war, he married her.