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TIL in 2014 Budweiser attempted to trademark the sound of a beer can opening

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51KB TIL that in 1982, AT&T, which had complete control of the telephone service in the US, broke up into 7 companies due to an antitrust case. Now, 4 of those companies once again belong to AT&T, 2 to Verizon, and the last to CenturyLink.
0wbYv TIL: the Giant Squid sees the world with Eyes the Size of Soccer Balls. They're at least 25 centimetres (10 inches) across, making them the largest eyes on the planet. Even the blue whale – the largest animal that has ever existed – has measly 11-centimetre-wide eyes.
v1lxK TIL the 2002 SARS virus also originated from cave dwelling bats, discovered through tracing by scientists at Wuhan Institute of Virology.
VOm0 TIL that Iceland’s electricity is produced entirely from renewable energy sources (hydroelectric 70% and geothermal 30%)
gxWy TIL The number of Americans who believed homosexuality is a sin actually went up between 2013-2014 (45%-50%)