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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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NXpVE TIL that US nuclear program was nearly delayed by moths by builders' strike at Red Gate Woods, forcing Compton and Fermi to construct first nuclear reactor under University of Chicago football stadium instead
Zpxma TIL that the Philippines only has 2 forensic pathologists. Many Filipinos train for the profession but end up working abroad because there is virtually no work for them in the country.
R74M1 TIL Killer whales go through menopause to avoid competition with daughters. This may shed light on why menopause exists at all.
9b9B TIL: A Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet protested against redeploying the fleet to Pearl Harbor, believing doing so would put the fleet at unnecessary risk if war broke out with Japan. He was relieved of command in February, 1941.
M6Yb TIL there are four bags of astronaut poop on the moon left behind from Neil Armstrong on his Apollo mission to the moon.