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TIL: Americans can fly to the moon faster than to New Zealand

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x6NM0 TIL about mechanical television from the 20s and 30s, which used a rotating device to scan a scene and generate a signal which would then be viewed on the other end similarly
mBoo TIL the average American eats approximately 1,500 PB & J sandwiches before graduating from high school
wvaP TIL of Locksmith Scam: people using Google Ads to advertise $15 service, then claiming the service is harder than they thought, bumping the price to $350
ADGeg TIL many islands are connected to the internet by just one undersea cable. Most of these cables aren't buried, they just lay on the bottom of the ocean. In 2019, the entire Island of Tonga had no internet for 13 days due to their cable accidentally getting cut by an oil tanker.
yQvme TIL in 2015, the waiting time for organ transplants in America decreased for the first time in 25 years — and it's been decreasing ever since. The reason, however, is the massive increase in drug overdose deaths.