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TIL that there is a giant statue of Jesus in Poland that distributes WiFi to nearby towns and villages

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x9K1 TIL Sean Connery once managed to win a fight single-handedly against six gang members before his acting career took off.
e08DE TIL that in 1922, 98 people were crushed to death while watching the movie "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" when the the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed under a blizzard's worth of fresh snow
naaB TIL that US authorities have had the right to access emails that have been stored on a server for up to 180 days without a warrant, since 1986.
QJ6G9 TIL that Vincent Connare, the man who designed the font 'Comic Sans', said in 2017 that he has only used it once while sending a complaint letter to Sky Broadband. They offered him a £10 refund.
QN7Je TIL the "Redwood of the East" - a 100ft-tall tree that once covered 25% of Eastern US forests, produced tons of food, and built America's industrial backbone - lost 99.9% of its population to a catastrophic blight.