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TIL that high-speed Internet is available on the Moon.

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WEZY TIL that in 1994, Bill Gates bought the Da Vinci Codex for $30M and then had it scanned and distributed as screensaver and wallpapers for Windows95
LJQd TIL That obsidian knives are so sharp they cut on a cellular level. Due to this, when used in the medical field, incisions made with the blade heal faster with less scarring.
WkOxY TIL a Senior Judge of the US Court of Appeals was involved in running Operation Match, the first US computer dating service, after he dropped out from Cornell University due to "boredom".
rR9VM TIL Bill Darden (the founder of Red Lobster) opened his first restaurant, a luncheonette called The Green Frog in Wayward, Georgia at 19 in 1938. He refused to segregate customers by race. Segregation was a state law in 30’s Georgia.
0w8XM TIL George Washington was an imposing figure at over 6 feet tall and 225 pounds. The average man at the time was only 5'6".