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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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grEr9 TIL about the Battle of Jutland. Lasting only two days, it was the largest naval battle of the First World War, involving 250 ships and around 100,000 men. In the end, 6,000 British and 2,500 German sailors were dead. The British lost 14 ships to the Germans' 11.
grKK9 TIL that former President of Liberia Charles King has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the most fraudulent election in history. In the 1927 election, he secured victory with 234,000 votes in a country with a population of only 15,000.
oMGA TIL that there are plans to turn abandoned parts of Detroit into a zombie apocalypse theme park
R5v0a TIL that the characterization of Jack Sparrow is based off Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards
LbGP TIL that in 2012, the entire village of Sodeto in Spain won the lottery… Except for one guy.