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TIL That Americans are paying twice as much money for internet speeds 10 times slower than in other countries.

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6EaAm TIL that despite its popular depictions, the 5 stages of grief is considered to be an outdated theory.
y7Mp TIL: When General Lee met with his adversary, Grant, to surrender at Appomattox CH. Lee insisted upon his soldiers rights to keep their horses if they had one. Grant agreed understanding that if a former soldier was to return to the farm he had left, he’d need a horse to put the next crop in with.
4anR TIL Baby’s can only see high contrast colors when they are born. When parent’s paint the baby’s room pastels they can’t see it.
7WlM TIL that Rochus Misch, at the age of 95, is the last person alive to have known Hitler personally and the last survivor from the Führerbunker.
7rp1M TIL Mark Twain was born on the day when Halley’s Comet flew by earth. He said “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Halley’s Commet next appeared on April 21, 1910 which is the day Mark Twain died