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TIL 99% of internet data travels along a handful of undersea cables

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epVO5 TIL that the word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss in his book 'If I Ran the Zoo'.
6EX1Y TIL Congress passed a law in 1973 that mandated safety features to prevent a car from starting unless the driver buckled their seatbelt; the technology was mostly effective, but was so unpopular with voters that Congress was pressured to repeal the law just one year later in 1974
VM5E4 TIL the first NBA draft took place in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan even though that city didn't have a team at the time.
6arl TIL of the “Punt gun” An eleven foot rifle meant for killing roughly 50 birds in one shot, which was eventually banned due to it decimating wild bird numbers.
W74vL Today I learned that Joey, the spin-off of the Friends sitcom, was canceled halfway through its second season, and the final eight episodes were never aired in the U.S. by NBC.