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TIL over 100 million Americans don't have internet or have unreliable internet!

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4kAR5 TIL of the 'Berkeley Mafia' a group of University of California economists in Indonesia who were given technocratic positions under the Suharto dictatorship during the late 1960s. Their work focused on promoting free-market capitalism in Indonesia.
M774b TIL that the disappearance of D. B. Cooper remains the only unsolved air piracy case in commerical aviation history.
Ov1a TIL There was a widespread and organized series of poisonings committed by Chicago waiters in 1918. While most cases weren’t serious, there were several fatalities. Their targets were bad tippers.
vPMZx TIL about Manichaeism, which was once a major world religion. Beliefs included the idea that God is not actually omnipotent, harvesting is an act of murder against plants, and Adam and Eve were the children of demons.
4kOpo TIL That the most produced of any Volkswagen part is the Volkswagen Currywurst, with over 6.8 million made in 2018 alone