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TIL potatoes absorb Wi-Fi signals the same way people do, and are used to test/improve internet signals on airplanes.

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vPBd4 TIL that when Dana White and the Fertittas, purchased the UFC from its previous owners in 2001 for $2 million, they received only the brand name and an old octagon, other assets were already sold off including the domain name UFC.com which had been sold to a company named 'User Friendly Computers"
OGAk1 TIL that Andrew Johnson is the only United States President to serve as a senator after his term as president, with his term as Tennessee Senator lasting from March 4, 1875 until his death on July 31, 1875.
jNEeR TIL that Chevron and General Motors bought the patents for NiMH car batteries and used them to block electric vehicle development in the 90s and 00s
XED9r TIL that every station on the Mexico City Metro has a unique symbol in order to help illiterate passengers navigate throughout the system.
RRj TIL that Ursula the Sea-Witch from the Disney film ‘The Little Mermaid’ was inspired by a drag queen named Divine.