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TIL Internet speed at NASA is 91 gigabits per second which is 13,000 times faster then average internet speed.

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Z8vyQ TIL that Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving veterans of WWI and one-time oldest man on earth, was called away from eating lunch to design the key countermeasure to Nazi magnetic mines - he did this in only 9 days. He attributed his longevity to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women."
055 TIL that a gold medal won from the Olympics is worth about $494, a silver medal worth $260, and the bronze medal is worth $3.
ZpMpp TIL in 2020 two Slovenes were fined for taking their 2 rheas (emu like birds) on a train to Venice where they then proceeded to wander the streets freely.
6EEnX Short answer: It's complicated
0wkZ1 TIL the London underground system, once advertised as a cool escape from hot weather, has been slowly heating up due to dissipated heat from trains braking being captured and retained by surrounding clay, a natural insulator.