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TIL they had car phones in the 1940s

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KOyQ6 TIL about a British man who bought a ceramic pot at a junk sale for less than £4 and used it as a toothbrush holder until learning it was actually made in the Indus Valley of present-day Afghanistan about 4,000 years ago. It's thought the pot was originally brought to the UK by British tourists.
J47V TIL that Comcast sent bills and eventually collection notices to customers that lost their cable, phone, and internet equipment due to Hurricane Ike. The largest reported charge was $1000, but that bill was reduced to $931 to make up for the interruption of her phone service during the storm.
MvbW TIL that whales are so big, they can take up to 100 years of creatures consuming them to decompose
4XVgX TIL it only took 1 year and 45 days to build the Empire State Building
oBbWr TIL a questionnaire was sent to 800 migraine patients and 200 cluster headache patients about their experience with sexual activity during a headache attack. The researchers found that sexual activity lead to partial or complete relief of headache in about 30% of the patients.