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

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PYLEw TIL, Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner survived when his plane crashed into Lake Powell. He swam an hour in 7 °C water to reach shore, and then spent the night without shelter.
5Y1eP TIL the Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu build the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest which is the heaviest building which weighs 4,098,500,000 kg and is also the largest administrative building in the world.
l7oJG TIL that in 2004, a fake 'Sri Lankan national handball team' tricked its way into a German tournament, lost all of their matches, and then mysteriously disappeared. A farewell letter thanked the Bavarians for their hospitality.
MeE7V TIL that Molex to SATA adapters can catch fire if they lack the right shielding
69kl TIL there is an Iraqi version of “Punk’d” where they plant fake bombs in celebrity’s cars.