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TIL due to OpenReach, all broadband and telephone companies have access to BT cables in the UK. This helps to ensure more competition in the broadband industry and has the long-term benefit of keeping broadband prices low.

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ZpZe4 TIL that anime director Hayao Miyazaki created a kindergarten specially for the staff of studio Ghibli. The kids are able to freely explore its picturesque interiors and are taught traditional skills like cooking rice over an open fire
XE9y6 TIL elephants rarely get cancer because they have extra copies of two cancer-fighting genes: P53, which hunts for cells with miscopied DNA, and LIF6, which obliterates the mutated cells before they can form a tumor.
o60E TIL Architect Christopher Alexander advocates building street cafes in each neighborhood. “Encourage local cafes to spring up in each neighborhood. Make them intimate places, with several rooms, open to a busy path, where people can sit with coffee or a drink and watch the world go by.”
e08gJ TIL in Texas schools students pledge allegiance to the Texas flag in addition to the United States flag
XAy8 TIL that after being spot on for almost 50 years, Moore’s law — which predicts the computing power to double every other year — is expected to slow down for the first time next year.