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TIL 400 cables under the ocean provides all the internet to entire world

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88oZ TIL that almost 10 years ago, PETA offered $15k to the town of Hamburg to change name to Veggieburg
X0ePk TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.
9YPKp TIL former president John F. Kennedy, after his patrol boat was rammed during WWII, swam over three miles to the nearest island while pulling an injured crewmate with his teeth.
Y71n7 TIL of Ziona. He was the leader of The Church of New Generation, a polygamy-practising Christian sect in Mizoram, India. He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild; 181 family members in total and counting.
W7X68 TIL Paramount studio set three conditions for the casting of Marlon Brando in The Godfather: He would have to take a fee below what he usually received; he would have to agree to accept financial responsibility for any production delays his behavior cost; and he had to submit to a screen test.