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TIL Comcast absolutely 100% intentionally cut a small competitors lines

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bKJj Today I learned that when Andre the Giant would go drinking in Manhatten, the NYPD would have an officer follow him around town to make sure he didn’t drunkenly fall on anyone again.
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