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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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LQrVp TIL in 2023, the Iowa Pork Producers Assn. launched an ad campaign featuring the Iowa State College football players Myles Purchase, Tyler Moore, Tommy Hamann, and Caleb Bacon. The four men have their backs to the camera, so their jerseys read: "PURCHASE MOORE HAMANN BACON"
0bdp TIL India has a zero rupee note that is mainly used by angry citizens in response to governmental functionaries that want bribes in return for use of free services. It’s still in circulation to this date.
R7Rnl TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" (by analogy with "as American as apple pie"). The winner: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"
W0GY TIL that until 1961 it was illegal to attempt suicide in the UK. The punishment was death.
YkDv TIL that when they reach a certain elevation, French mountain climbers switch from the formal “vous” to the personal “tu” form of “you”, as all become equal in the face of the enormousness of nature.