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TIL that 90's fitness icon Susan "Stop The Insanity" Powter is now destitute, living out of an RV and delivers for Grubhub and Ubereats

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KO4Q9 TIL about an experiment of transferring a 700 MB file via three delivery methods to determine which was the fastest: A carrier pigeon with a microSD card, a car with a USB Stick, or a Telstra ADSL line. The pigeon won the race; the car came in second; the internet transfer did not finish.
VBnG0 TIL the meerkat is the world's most murderous mammal with 20% of all meerkats being violently killed by another meerkat, most commonly their mother, sister, or aunt
woAbP TIL about Manzhouli, a city in northern China, which has a Matryoshka doll-themed district, including stores, a circus, a Russian cathedral and a huge hotel in the shape of a huge Russian doll.
Aaba TIL that Matt Stone and Trey Parker offer low-profile, non-speaking roles to celebrities and that George Clooney was offered the role of Stan’s dog. He accepted, voicing several very good barks. Jay Leno has also provided the meows for Cartman’s cat.
neLlo TIL Mikhail Gorbachev was unable to be present on the occasion of his award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 1990 but had his First Deputy Foreign Minister speak instead. His speech emphasized perestroika for USSR and mankind