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TIL that internet providers use megabits per second (Mbps) to measure download speed, which is 1/8th the size of a megabyte (MBps), despite files being measured in bytes

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R5rRj TIL that after Colonel Sanders sold KFC, he still made surprise visits to KFC restaurants. If the food disappointed him, he’d denounce it as "God-damned slop" or knock it on the floor. In 1973, KFC’s owner sued him for libel after he publicly called their gravy "sludge" with a "wall-paper taste.”
M7Xra TIL that the US Government spends billions of dollars to keep the Mississippi River from changing course and destroying New Orleans
5Vxyp TIL - Sir Issac Newton was appointed Master of the Royal Mint in honor of his scientific achievements, intended as a no-show job that "has not too much business to require more attendance than you can spare." But Newton took it seriously, personally prosecuting counterfeiters and revaluing coinage.
p8JWQ TIL Botulinum toxin, the toxin that Botox is derived from, would take 0.00008mg to kill a human, 2kg to kill everyone on the planet, considered the deadliest known toxin on earth, the most expensive substance ever made at £100 trillion per kilo and was first discovered in poorly prepared sausages.
g7jb TIL that male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress female kangaroos for mating purposes.