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TIL that averaging 57mbps, Romania is the only country where downloading a DVD is faster than a DVD

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D1jmJ TIL about Kṣitigarbha a Buddhist monk who vowed to refuse paradise until he had helped every single living being achieve enlightenment, even if the task lasted unto eternity.
LkmoZ TIL Mao Zedong is recorded as telling a comrade that "I eat a lot and I excrete a lot"
xVQx1 TIL that anything went for a brief period in Hollywood at the start of the sound era, when suggestions of sex, sin and sordidness were all waved through by the censors.
d51d TIL that in the UK people who need a guide dog can obtain one for 50p; it costs around £50k to train and support that same dog from birth to retirement.