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TIL that 65% of America has only one or two options for internet providers.

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gV6A TIL catnip makes a better mosquito repellent than DEET
Vpr8 TIL in the Roman Empire, to increase the dwindling population of the upper class, families with three children were given tax exemption. Many sought loopholes to get the benefits without the burden of three kids, resulting in a network of government spies and informers to catch them.
DQaYe TIL A 30 year old woman in Nazi occupied Norway was struck by shrapnel and developed a strong German accent causing her to be shunned in the first recorded case of Foreign Accent Syndrome.
M7MAV TIL Germany has more deaths from alcohol, than the US has from firearms (per capita, 2020)
EKKw TIL that Japan planned to deploy biological weapons against the city of San Diego, California, codenamed “Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night”, which was set for action on September 22, 1945, but not realized due to Japan’s surrender on August 15, 1945.