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TIL Verizon throttled firefighters' "unlimited" data during the Mendocino Wildfires and suggested they upgrade their plan

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LQYOm TIL that during WW2, the United States government made a video encouraging its farmers to grow hemp for the war effort. The hemp was used to make ropes for the U.S Navy. After the war ended, hemp reverted back to being illegal.
p8mxb TIL Bees have brains capable of performing basic maths. They have an understanding of the concept of zero and do basic addition and subtraction. They also have the ability to remember human faces they have seen before.
pY0y4 TIL Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience alternating 45 minutes of daylight and 45 minutes of darkness, meaning they witness 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours.
JYyr1 TIL Every Nissan GT-R is personally hand-assembled in a dust and temperature controlled clean room by a single technician known as a Takumi. Only five master craftsmen in the world have this unique qualification.
A6Bd TIL-Discarded pet goldfish can grow very large in the wild and are causing serious environmental problems