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TIL that the FCC considers 4mbps to be fast enough for hd online streaming

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Wk4no TIL that during WW2 in US occupied Aachen, an OSS agent assessed that the US installed mayor was planning to form a dictatorship. The agent leaked the information to the press and the mayor, whose identity was secret, was killed by an SS commando team which parachuted from a captured American B-17.
QJpnE TIL getting a boner when climbing Everest is common thanks to the change in pressure
wo59W TIL The darkest color in the world doesn't have a name, it has the ability to absorb 99.995% of light and has been used to cover a diamond worth 2 million dollars for an "artistic project"
QpLL TIL That Rob Halford of Judas Priest is the first openly gay Heavy Metal singer. He based his leather look that became standard Heavy Metal style on the gay BDSM subculture of the time.
16ZQV TIL: In 2019, a lawyer and a software developer brute force copyrighted every possible melody and entered them into public domain to insulate musicians from ‘stolen melody’ lawsuits.