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TIL That the US Government invested $400 Billion in Internet Infrastructure that ISPs just never delivered on

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OoNM1 TIL: A man got a $190 fine for allowing his pet snake to slither freely in a South Dakota park. The animal control officer suggested that he restrain the reptile on a leash while in public.
YjOG TIL of arctic explorer Peter Freuchen who took a 1000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland, starred in an Oscar-winning film, amputated his own toes, escaped a Nazi death sentence, cut his way out of a blizzard shelter with a knife made from his frozen feces, and won The $64,000 Question game show.
8aYjX TIL this was Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) in this Amex commercial.
LR8V TIL the CIA conducted a secret recovery of a Russian Nuclear Submarine from a depth of 16000 FT, with the help of Howard Hughes.
l5LN TIL that the face for the female CPR mannequin “Rescue Anne” was created in in 1958 from the facial mold of a young woman fished from the Seine River in the 1880’s