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TIL about an experiment of transferring a 700 MB file via three delivery methods to determine which was the fastest: A carrier pigeon with a microSD card, a car with a USB Stick, or a Telstra ADSL line. The pigeon won the race; the car came in second; the internet transfer did not finish.

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0wDyR TIL that Abraham Lincoln's religious views are highly ambiguous and a matter of debate. He never joined any Church, and was a skeptic as a young man and sometimes ridiculed revivalists. Many friends and family of Lincoln rejected that he was a believing Christian.
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obgY TIL of Henry Cavendish, a reclusive British scientist whose contributions to the physical sciences, including experiments with gases, electricity and heat were vast. He often fled from social contact or simply communicated through notes. Due to his shyness he rarely informed others of his results