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TIL that in 2007 90% of Vietnam's connection to the internet was taken down after fishermen severed a submarine cable so they could sell the expensive materials they salvaged.

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7ry6x TIL Elizabeth Ruth Naomi Belville (1854 –1943), also known as the Greenwich Time Lady, was a businesswoman from London. She, her mother Maria Elizabeth, and her father John Henry, sold people the time.
rRjYM TIL the catchphrase "thinking outside the box" was popularized by management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s. They used it in connection with solving the 9-dots puzzle, where lateral thinking is needed
1a1Lr TIL that Zoe Saldana has apologized for playing Nina Simone in a movie. God forbid an actress pretend to be someone in a movie. Will she now have to apologize for playing Neytiri in Avatar, Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy?
d8aRB TIL That Stephen King used the pseudonym "Richard Bachman" so that he could publish more than one novel a year without over saturating the "King market" , this evolved into a list of novels published under the pseudonym, and was revealed when a bookshop owner noticed a parallel in their writing.
rx14 TIL that Vitamin D supplements are made by extracting the fat from sheeps’ wool