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TIL 74.7% of American homes have one or fewer options for broadband internet.

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R7b48 TIL about The “10 Cent Beer Night” Riot at the 1974 Indians v Rangers MLB game where the Indians ended up having to fight their own fans using bats to defend their rivals.
vgN8 TIL Jaguar was originally called SS Cars and renamed itself in 1945 to avoid confusion with the Nazi organisation.
ADyba TIL that Clara Blandick, who played Aunt Em in the Wizard of Oz, killed herself by overdosing on sleeping pills and tying a plastic bag around her head. She also left a suicide note saying she could no longer live with the pain or face going blind
awZmy TIL that Ben Sliney, former FAA National Operations Manager, made the choice to ground all planes in US airspace on his first day on the job, September 11, 2001.
oRvWR TIL There’s A World Championship For Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. In 2019, the competition attracted over 850,000 candidates from 119 countries