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TIL Comcast charged a customer $60,000 in fees for cancelling a contract for services that were never installed and ten months past due. The fees were apparently credited after a media outlet’s involvement.

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Egmxw TIL back in 2017 a restaurant in West Hollywood, CA called Fat Sal's changed over for 2 days to a "McDowell's Golden Arcs" from Coming to America - serving the Big Mick, Sexual Chocolate Shake and Zmunda fries.
OGlxg TIL over 96% species of bees worldwide produce little to no honey at all and over 92% do not produce beehives.
GLDQ TIL that in 1986, 1.5 million ballons were released over Cleveland, causing 2 deaths and millions in damages through lawsuits.
rJoM TIL Two paragliders were sucked into a thunderstorm during practice. The updraft was so powerful that one pilot was sucked up to 19,000 feet and killed by a lightning strike. The pilot of the second glider passed out from the altitude, but woke up still airborne and covered in ice.
6QdX TIL that when Milton Bradley invented the game “Life” there was a suicide square.