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TIL that in 2011, Comcast asked its staff to vote on The Consumerist’s “Worst Company in America” poll so they wouldn’t “win”. The Consumerist noticed the traffic from teamcomcast.com and asked them to not “game the system”

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ej0E TIL The Dead Sea scrolls listed Goliath’s height as 6 feet, 9 inches (four cubits and a span). It also states that David struck him at the leg rather than the head, causing Goliath’s fatal stumble.
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