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TIL Mitch Hedberg was the Jimmy John's voiceover guy in 2005

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6ELa8 TIL The first modem was invented in 1962 and had a speed of 300 bits per second.
v8Dr TIL there used to be “party lines” for telephones, the entire neighborhood was linked to a single phone line and they had to take turns using the phone. You could listen in to your neighbors’ calls, or interrupt them telling them to get off the phone because they talk too much and you need to use it
EgbX0 TIL During WWII Steinway & Sons built a piano model called the Victory Vertical. It used only 10% of the metal needed by traditional pianos, and it was so lightweight and compact that it was able to be carried by four people or dropped by parachute.
PQyG TIL that Pumpernickle Bread means Devil’s Fart
x6Llg TIL Actor Kurt Russell first reported the famous Phoenix Lights UFO sighting, in which thousands of Phoenix residents all claim to have seen a UFO