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TIL that in Finland people use the internet on their mobile phones ten times more than the OECD average because of the unlimited network access

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VM9OB TIL: Wilbur & Orville Wright's father gifted them a toy helicopter (based on an invention of French aeronautical pioneer Alphonse Pénaud). They played with it until it broke, and then built their own. They later pointed to their experience with the toy as the spark of their interest in flying.
VB7gD TIL Fresca and Squirt are grapefruit-flavored. I've never tried them but I always assumed they were lemon-lime flavored like Sprite/Sierra Mist/7-Up. As an avowed dipsomaniac, this revelation is a complete game-changer.
P7Xn TIL there’s a ‘spider-tailed’ viper thats tail mimics the appearance and movement of a spider in order to lure prey.
krKg TIL An 18-year-old man tried to eat his underwear in the hope that the cotton fabric would absorb alcohol before he took a breathalyzer test.
4XxMN TIL that relocating sea otters to SF bay could greatly increase their population and aid in conservation efforts by keeping them safer from shark bites...but getting them there means they have to swim the "shark gauntlet" near the Golden Gate.