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TIL that Japan set a new internet speed world record in 2024, reaching 402 terabits per second, fast enough to download 50,000 full HD movies in one second, using standard commercial optical fiber.

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D17NP TIL that Charles Darwin was one of the first people to come up with the idea of putting wheels on his office chair, so that he could work faster
j78a TIL at the site of Pablo Escobar’s main estate, Hippos escaped from his private zoo and have have become feral, living in at least four lakes in the area and spreading into neighboring rivers.
D1pYY TIL during Malcolm X's burglary career, he once played Russian roulette pulling the trigger three times in a row to convince his partners in crime that he wasn't afraid to die. He later revealed to Alex Haley that he palmed the round.
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