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TIL that India’s richest man is offering free 4G internet service to everyone in the country

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7rLG7 TIL there is a museum in Seoul, South Korea centered around poop. It's called Poopoo Land.
BrXRx TIL siblings born within a year of each other are called "Irish twins", which was a derogatory term referring to poor Catholic families with many successive children
d81Q9 TIL: 22 year old George Washington was the catalyst of the the French and Indian War, which became the "7 Year War of 1756-1763" in Europe, and which Winston Churchill referred to as the real "First World War" as it encompassed much of the European world.
rDMo TIL The Atari 2600 was so popular, it was not discontinued until 1992 - years after its own successors, the 5200 and the 7800, died off. Its 15 year official lifespan is the longest of any console.
MaEW TIL all telephone service in the US and Canada was silenced for one minute on August 4th, 1922 to mark the funeral of Alexander Graham Bell