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TIL that there were 104 new models of mobile phones introduced in 2010, more than in any other year

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gMl08 TIL Standard Arabic, the Arabic taught in a majority of schools, is based off of the language Prophet Mohammad spoke. It is a language that nobody naturally speaks, and is preserved through formal education and news broadcasts. Egyptian Arabic is the most widely-understood dialect
YpkX7 TIL, in the early 1990s Willie Nelson had nearly all of his property confiscated and sold by the IRS, for payment of back taxes and fines. His famous guitar, named Trigger, was only saved from sale because his daughter smuggled it out of his Texas home and took it to Hawaii.
nKpY TIL that the US Department of Homeland Security intentionally dropped USB sticks in government building parking lots to see what would happen. Up to 90% of them were then plugged into government or government contractors’ computers by curious employees, exposing a major security problem.
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R7Ky4 TIL the Lyre Bird can mimic car alarms, chainsaws, and camera shutters