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TIL that the majority of the United States still have data caps on their internet.

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XEXBD TIL Disney owns 12 of the 32 highest-grossing media franchises of all-time
R7nka TIL that astronauts in the 1970s raised the surface temperature of the moon by simply walking on it, exposing the darker soil from under the lighter soil, ultimately causing the moon to absorb more of the sun’s energy.
mxEAP TIL that in 1704, George Psalmanazar, who claimed to be from Taiwan, published a book in Britain about Taiwanese customs. As nothing was known about Taiwan in Europe at the time, his claims (such as that if a Taiwanese woman cheated on her husband, he could legally eat her) were widely believed.
4xRX TIL that the film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat was so poorly received that Seuss’ widow forbade any further live-action adaptations of her husband’s work