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TIL The chair of the FCC is the daughter of a current US congressman and she has absolutely no background qualifications in technology.

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epK4n TIL Wrocław Poland has Hundreds of Little Brass Gnomes Throughout the City
ADw17 TIL bowhead whales are the only baleen whales native to Arctic waters, and their thick triangular skulls are designed to crack through ice.These whales are considered the longest living mammals and can live for 200+ yrs.Specific mutations in their DNA give these whales enhanced resistance to cancer.
M7QLm TIL the US didn’t have the $15m to pay France for Louisiana, so they financed it through a banks in London. Napoleon had made the deal with the US to fund his war against Great Britain and Europe. Britain allowed this deal to go through only because they didn’t want France to have their NA territory
d8VpQ TIL The Incredibles takes place in the 1960's
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