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TIL a Comcast customer who was constantly dissatisfied with his internet speeds set up a Raspberry Pi to automatically send an hourly tweet to @Comcast when his bandwidth was lower than advertised.

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Z8gva TIL the Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 will be the only total solar eclipse in the 21st century where totality is visible in Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada.
VJJ0 Today I learned that scientists proved in a study that the bond between people and their dogs is similar to the way people bond with their children, which explains the deep attachments formed to pets.
xLX1 TIL a cat purrs at the same rate as an idling diesel engine - roughly 26 cycles per second.
1ar84 TIL Hunter S. Thompson killed himself while being on the phone with his wife. She mistook the cocking of the gun for the sound of his typewriter keys and hung up as he fired.
b97XE TIL the Poorest man in the world is French ex-Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel, who has a net worth of -$6.3 billion