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TIL that Harlingten, Texas has the highest number of households without internet access (30.20%) in the U.S. Gary, Indiana is a close second at 29.30%.

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e0nbE TIL it is believed that one of the reasons for the paranoia and bizarre behavior that led to the Salem Witch Trials was caused because of a fungus, Ergot, which grows on rye plants and is a close cousin of LSD. Mistaking it for large rye grain, Salem villagers ground it into their bread and ate it.
nPvG TIL that Google is under investigation in France for “aggravated financial fraud and organised money laundering” of €1,600,000,000.
B8jx TIL that in 2008 a man struck a deal with prosecutors agreeing to plead guilty to murder in exchange for a bucket of KFC & some Popeyes chicken
YDeZ TIL There is a clock in New Zealand that has been running since 1864 despite never having been manually wound.
JYoJm TIL that construction of Wrigley Field baseball park, home of the Chicago Cubs, began on February 23, 1914 and was ready for the home opener two months later on April 23, 1914, and cost $250,000 (the equivalent of $6.4 million today).