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TIL that without an FCC ruling, known as the Carterfone decision, we might not have the internet as we know it today. The decision allowed connection of non-AT&T equipment to the phone network.

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XE7v8 TIL that over the past few years, 35 bicycles and 7 cars have been left aboard Washington State Ferries. The passengers boarded and forgot they rode/drove on and walked off. This can result in massive (and expensive) searches, in case the passenger went overboard.
rNWrW TIL the smallest number that can be divided by each number between 1 and 10 is 2520.
7rrDZ TIL of a historical marker on Galveston Island marking the site of the Battle of Three Trees in 1819: the pirate Jean Lafitte and 200 men battled with 300 Karankawa Indian warriors after the pirates kidnapped a Karankawa woman. The Karankawa retreated but the fate of the woman isn’t known.
N1YE TIL in 1996 Fox tried to place a computerized blue halo around the pucks in hockey games to make them more visible. That technology later evolved into the yellow first down line in football.
9G6M TIL that Inuits really have a term that means Eskimo brother: “aipak”, or “other me”, describing a positive relationship with someone who has slept with his wife.