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TIL 2.1 million people still use AOL 56k dial-up in the US.

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AP97 TIL that the structural design of the Sears/Willis tower was inspired the way cigarettes come out of a pack.
8Gk4 TIL Silversun Pickups are named after a liquor store called Silversun in LA where band members often made late night booze runs
Bg0MK TIL the Nigerian government banned the Communist Party of Nigeria in 1966
0wp7R TIL about Danny the Street, a DC hero that is a sentient street that can teleport. He crossdresses, by lining the streets with gun shops with frilly lace. He reverts to become a brick, kills a god, becomes a planet, then turns into an ambulance.
NXkgM TIL that chainsaws were originally invented to help with childbirth.