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TIL That Japan has 2GB/s Internet

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XEVNE TIL Intermarche supermarkets in France offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 to €1.40. This led to riots & violence in stores. One customer claimed 'They are like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady took a box on her head, another had a bloody hand.'
rNpA1 TIL that Microsoft uses SAP software, despite competing with SAP with its own ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics)
7rXOr TIL that, in the Australian state of Queensland, the government places trivia questions periodically to keep drivers awake and aware.
m1wRp TIL that wearing a neck tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5% on average
Vorp TIL washoe the chimp (the first non-human taught sign language) became self-aware while staring into a mirror and then interacting with other chimps that she was not human