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TIL as of July 2024, only 4 states (NY, Massachusetts, Maryland, & New Jersey) have more landline phone users than those without landline phones

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aZEy TIL that the headphones/audio/electronics company Bose gets their name from their chairman, an Indian-American named Amar Bose. His father was an Indian freedom revolutionary, who fled Bengal to avoid persecution from the British colonial police.
QXaa TIL that Moses and the Israelites probably crossed the “Reed Sea”, not the “Red Sea.” The shallow, now-dry lake bogged down the wheels of the pursuant Egyptian chariots and allowed Moses to escape to the Sinai Peninsula.
xRJk TIL in 1964, the FBI spent 4 months investigating the song “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen after receiving complaints about obscene lyrics. The investigation ended without persecution. Ironically, the word “Fuck” appears in the song, shouted by the drummer after he accidentally dropped his drumstick.
M7jbV TIL the entire planet’s Rare-Earth Metals market in 2023 was under US$6 billion, far less than $500 billion in “rare earths”.
x4yB TIL capital letters were stored in the upper tray for typefaces. This is why they’re called uppercase.