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TIL - astronauts on the international space station have faster internet than most Americas do at home.

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Rk54 TIL that when the Nike Swoosh logo was created in 1971, the designer billed $35 for it. In 1983, Paul Knight sent her a golden Swoosh diamond ring, with an undisclosed amount of Nike stock as thanks.
DbAJ TIL jeans when first dyed are yellow due to the yellow color of water soluble leucoindigo, which then oxidizes to the blue color of indigo on jeans.
5b5P TIL that ReCaptcha is not just to detect if you’re human, but also used as a world wide collaboration to digitize books. We digitize about 2.5 million books a year with this method.
oYB8 TIL that the flu kills an average of 26,000 people in the United States each year.
GVQ TIL British Soldiers in Afghanistan taunt the Taliban via loud speakers so they will shoot and give away their position.