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TIL that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries telephone companies used existing barbed wire fences to transmit electrical phone signals to rural areas to save money due to the price of phone lines.

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9wZJ6 Today i learned that street lights have number plates on them
wLKOP TIL that maple syrup was promoted in the 1800s as a slavery-free alternative to cane sugar: "Suffer not your cup to be sweetened by the blood of slaves."
WkaXN TIL about the Orange Alternative movement. Known as the Revolution of Dwarfs, attracted more than 10,000 people who marched through the city centre in Wrocław, wearing orange dwarf hats.
7JrZ TIL that Switzerland has accidentally “invaded” Liechtenstein three times.
EXaX TIL a 3-year-old pit bull won the title of mayor for the fourth time, and beat a cat, chicken, donkey and a little boy.