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TIL in 2009 a pigeon named Winston raced Telkom, South Africa’s largest ISP, to see who could deliver 4GB of data to a location 60 miles away the fastest. By the time Winston arrived with the 4GB flash drive, Telkom had transmitted only 4% of the data.

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dDLOr TIL In the 1980s, tobacco giants Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds acquired the major food companies Kraft, General Foods and Nabisco, allowing tobacco firms to dominate America’s food supply and reap billions in sales from popular brands such as Oreo cookies, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Lunchables
BgNee TIL, Before travelling to Venezuela, the US government suggests establishing a “proof of life” protocol with your loved ones, so that if you are taken hostage, your loved ones know specific questions (and answers) to ask the hostage-takers to be sure that you are alive.
l7JW5 TIL After being named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson by her parents and enduring years of bullying as a result, Jackson refused to change her name and went on to earn her Ph.D. at the age of 46 for Higher Education Leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in 2019.
pYQQN TIL in 2021 in Austria, during a routine bandage change that occurred 2 days after a patient's leg amputation surgery, it was discovered that the wrong leg had been amputated. The surgeon was found guilty of gross negligence and fined €2,700 and the patient's widow was awarded €5,000 in damages.
R5n7j TIL that Sony released in 2010 a 22" HD-Ready TV (Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300) with a build-in PlayStation 2 in its stand!