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TIL That NASA Plans to Build A Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon by the 2030s.

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Wk6gL TIL To prevent cheating during university entrance exams Uzbekistan shuts off the entire country's internet for five hours on exam day
DQ5vD TIL Amanda Coker biked 86,573 miles in one year (eq. to circling the earth 3.5 times) - 2 years after recovering from brain and spinal injuries.
orWW TIL President Lyndon Johnson was infamous for having meetings while on the toilet
4XM76 TIL about Samuel J. Seymour, a five-year-old boy who witnessed the Lincoln assassination. At 96 Seymour was a guest on the TV show I've Got a Secret. He didn't realize the president had been shot, but he felt bad for Booth, thinking Booth had fallen out of the box, when he jumped down to escape.
X0gP8 TIL the current fastest Wifi band (6GHz) already transmits, but most people can't access it. As of 2023, tech giants such as Apple only have 2 phones that support it.