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TIL China is banned from the international space station

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698n7 TIL of Aldgate Pump, a historic water pump held as marking the start of London’s East End. Long famed for its “sparkling, agreeable” water, it was later found that this rich mineral taste came from the flesh and bones of nearby cemeteries leeching into the water. The tainted water killed hundreds.
neov9 TIL that when temperatures drop in their habitat, since the bacteria that lets them digest their food is temperature dependent, sloths may starve to death on a full stomach, because they cannot process the food ingested.
ZdgQ TIL Google has been providing free WiFi to its home city of Mountain View, CA since 2006. The entire city of 75,000!
yVKrl TIL that there was a 1.5 Mbps cable internet service in the early 1980's that only cost $8-$10 per month, and went up to 6.4 Mbps
exgJ TIL Froot Loops are actually all the same flavor, just different colors.