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TIL of Li-Fi, a potential replacement for Wi-Fi that has reached transmission speeds of up to 200 gigabits per second.

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mkDR TIL that there’s a Darth Vader Grotesque/Gargoyle at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
0KMM TIL of Gene Salazar, a professional golfer who signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Wilson in 1923 and collected paychecks for 75 years until he passed away in 1997.
9YD0p TIL NFL player Pat Tillman joined the army after 9/11 but became opposed to the war while oversees. He was then killed by a soldier standing less than 10 yards from him during friendly fire. His unit then burned his journal and the army lied to his family, claiming he'd been killed by the enemy.
mxKwO TIL that "fart" is one of the oldest words in the English language, and can be traced back to its Proto-Indo-European roots through its cognates in other European languages and Sanskrit
9dRp TIL a former businessman has been living in his own private tiny island off the coast of Australia for 20 years