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TIL that 40% of your internet bill is profit for your ISP (at least if you're with Comcast)

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m1blY TIL in pre-Islamic Arabia two cousin tribes went to war with each other when a tribe leader killed a she-camel belonging to the other which in turn caused him to be assassinated. It lasted 40 years and is estimated to have killed thousands.
1aJ0O TIL Three cleanup volunteers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant voluntarily suited up in scuba gear and swam into the radioactive water, knowing that they would die as a result, to open a gate valve allowing containmented water to drain out preventing a catastrophic thermal explosion.
bxK4 TIL that in Persian rug making, a deliberate mistake is always placed in the rug because ‘to weave a perfect rug or carpet would be an offence to Allah’
1QwW TIL Pocahontas is arguably the only Disney Princess to have dumped another character, and is definitely the only Disney Princess to have dumped the same character twice.
ddkr TIL Brazil has replaced almost 42 percent of its gasoline needs with sugarcane ethanol – making gasoline the alternative fuel in the country.