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TIL Comcast subscribers pay ~$2.64 billion a year for channels they could get for free

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dDyjK TIL - the English word for Bear is descended from a Proto-Indo-European euphemism meaning brown one or wild animal, as it was feared saying it's real name 'arkto' would cause the animal to appear.
v1rQx TIL that the band Chicago is the second most successful American rock band of all time (topped by the Beach Boys) in terms of both albums and singles on the Billboard charts.
oBVyE TIL that after a nuclear test at the Bikini Atoll one of the experimental animals, Pig 311, actually survived and was found swimming for shore in a lagoon. It was eventually retire to the National Zoological Park in DC
OOY6 TIL if you don’t identify as an “extrovert” or “introvert”, you might be an “ambivert”. An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd
kWv4 TIL that during production of Toy Story 2, Pixar accidentally deleted the entire movie from its servers. The movie was saved by an employee, a new mother, who worked from home and had the data saved on her personal computer.