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TIL That Japan has 2GB/s Internet

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m1Y9o TIL that in mediaeval England, an area of special legal jurisdiction extended around the monarch and his court and traveled with him. Legal cases that arose within a 12-mile radius of the monarch (known as the "verge") were tried before a Court of the Verge.
YpLMP TIL That Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire who was highly interested in languages, raised 6 young infants without any human interaction in an effort to discover the "natural" language of the human race. The only result was the death of the babies, as they needed human contact to survive
0d4J5 TIL Nazi Germany ran a non-smoking ad; “He does not devour it, it devours him” (1941).
A5B7 TIL, the FBI arrested nearly all of the top officials of Crystal City, Texas in one afternoon on felony charges varying from bribery, to illegal gambling, and even human smuggling.
nNGo TIL that Leonardo DaVinci used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.