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TIL that according to the FCC, as of 2018, there are still 100,000 pay phones left in the United States.

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W71bA TIL A popular drink in the UK is "beef tea", made by mixing salty meat extract paste (Bovril) into hot water. The meat paste was originally know as 'Johnston's Fluid Beef'.
kJd6d TIL that the current solicitor general of the U.S., which represents the federal govt. before the Supreme Court, was Miss Idaho before her legal career
WkJEL TIL that the adult mayfly lives less than 24 hours. Its sole purpose is to find partners and mate before it dies. The adults of many mayfly species don't even have mouths and digestive systems, because they don't live long enough to need them.
M7oE7 TIL Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story in 1838 about a shipwrecked crew that cannibalized their own cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Then in 1884. a real life ship sank and the surviving crew drifting in a lifeboat, cannibalized their cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker
EBwP TIL fire burns faster uphill. For every 10˚ slope, the fire will double its speed. For example, if a fire is travelling at 5 km per hour along flat ground and it hits a 10˚ slope it will double in speed to 10 km per hour up the hill.