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TIL Hackers Could Launch Their Own Satellites to Create an ‘Uncensorable Internet’.

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e0oR6 TIL Kit Kats in Japan are associated with the phrase Kitto Katsu (きっと勝つ), translated as "You will surely win", and thus a good luck charm for students
ylK8 TIL Binturongs or Bearcats smell likes buttered popcorn.
16ZdO TIL that “human zoos” used to be a popular attraction, and Belgium closed their last one in 1958.
yKwe TIL Andrew Jackson said for a people to really be free they need to have a revolution every 20 years
YpxkP TIL George Washington, the son of a black slave, founded the town of Centralia in Washington state. Washington helped fellow residents in many ways, including selling property for little money down, offering loans at no interest, and providing work when no other was available