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TIL that the "Fi" in "WiFi" doesn't mean anything (including Wireless Fidelity). The creators just called it that because it rhymed with "HiFi".

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v1Gjr TIL Frog neck muscles are so weak that they use their eyes to push food down their throat. While it looks like they're blinking, they’re actually sucking their eyes down into their bodies to push food into their stomach.
rRb71 TIL: A rural Japanese town under siege by monkeys is defended by three elderly women armed with airguns who call themselves the "Monkey Busters".
d0vZ TIL When Atari was shut down in 1996, the (Historically valuable) source code to Asteroids and Centipede was thrown out as trash.
QJdx6 TIL that strait women are responsible for over a third of all male gay porn views
b9w6a TIL about Mary Ann Brown Patten, who took command of a merchant vessel in 1856 when the captain, her husband, became ill and the first mate was found to be sabotaging the voyage to win a bet he'd placed on a competitor. She defeated a mutiny attempt and brought the ship safely back to port.