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TIL that China has a country-wide ban on WiFi, and uses their own proprietary version of WiFi!

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EgxMX TIL that scientists managed to virtually reconstruct the destroyed planetary system of the star WD 1145+017 by analysing the debris field around the star. Giving birth to the field of astronomy dedicated to studying destroyed planets known as Necroplanetology.
OGedg TIL in 1967, a documentary filmmaker was shot and killed while filming a miner in Kentucky by the owner of the rented house where the miner lived. The killing was motivated by the growing resentment of journalists who descended upon Appalachia to document living conditions during the War on Poverty.
R7gd8 TIL The recipe for Tootsie Rolls calls for the previous day’s batch to be mixed in with the new batch each day. Theoretically, this means there’s a bit of the very first Tootsie Rolls in every new roll made today. They were created in 1907.
4kmRN Today i learned the & symbol is trying to drag its butt and I can't unsee it
VMEmB TIL Steve Comisar sold clotheslines as a "solar-powered clothes dryer" for $40. He is in federal prison right now and is scheduled to be released April 16, 2018.