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TIL Google has been providing free WiFi to its home city of Mountain View, CA since 2006. The entire city of 75,000!

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rNyPw TIL about Montagu Porch, a British officer who became Winston Churchill's stepfather despite being 3 years younger than him
Bene TIL Robert Moses, the extremely powerful New York City urban planner, hated the idea of poor people lowering the tone at the seaside, so he built low bridges over his parkways to ensure that only cars, not buses, could make the trip.
EjYW TIL the guilty look dogs have isn’t because they know they did something wrong, rather they think you’re going to be or are mad at them.
b487 TIL that Greek soldiers once provided enemy Turkish soldiers with ammunition to prevent them from using lead in the Parthenon to make their bullets.
QJPK9 TIL the creators of Spam sued Jim Henson Productions for using the name "Spa'am" for one of Muppet Treasure Island's pig characters. The judge dismissed the suit after trial for failure to prove damages, noting, "one might think Hormel would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork."