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TIL That more than 50% of the US internet traffic is carried by Northern Virginia’s data centers.

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1e0X TIL that blind workers manufacture 72,000 dress uniforms for the Army every month and that other companies employing blind workers supply materiel to other branches thoughout the military
oRADR TIL that the 4th Earl of Sandwich, for whom the sandwich was named, served as Britain’s First Lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolution. His poor leadership contributed to the American victory, and it was said that "Seldom has any man held so many offices and accomplished so little."
rkv1 TIL: The most expensive yacht in the world is a gold-plated super-yacht worth $4.5 billion USD. It comes complete with a statue made from the bone of a T-Rex dinosaur
LQWaQ TIL nobody can say for sure why an Epicanthic fold occurs. It maybe an evolutionary advantage in cold conditions, yet it occurs in certain medical conditions regardless of environment
bvv0 TIL that Queen Elizabeth II responds to the ring of a visitor’s cell phone by saying, “You’d better answer that. It might be someone important.”