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TIL WiFi was invented in Australia by CSIRO scientists and received $220 million dollars from US companies in compensation for using the technology.

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QoyX TIL Ferrari stopped selling cars with manual transmissions in 2011.
kWPW TIL on this day in 1351, 30 knights from England and France fought a melee to decide which nation would inherit the duchy of Brittany. The fight is hailed as a noble display of the ideas of Chivalry
697Vw TIL: There are dozens of long term studies regarding the effects of a father's involvement in childhood. The more time a father spends with their son greater reduces their stress, chance of drug/tobacco use, dangerous behaviors, increases education, and affects future income over 37 years.
Me8b0 TIL the world's oldest living organism is 13,000 years old and is a shrub in Pennsylvania.
gElb TIL Butyric acid is present in, and is the main distinctive smell of, human vomit and also gives Parmesan cheese its odour and flavour.