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TIL that Donald Duck has a twin sister: Della Duck

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KO4Q9 TIL about an experiment of transferring a 700 MB file via three delivery methods to determine which was the fastest: A carrier pigeon with a microSD card, a car with a USB Stick, or a Telstra ADSL line. The pigeon won the race; the car came in second; the internet transfer did not finish.
yWkw TIL all US Government issued pens are made by a company that only employs the blind (Skillcraft)
pY5Pp TIL that a fake software company duped over 200K people with fake university degrees in a elaborate scheme employing 2000 people
NXyDM TIL depression can cause blindness
OJra TIL police in White Plains, NY used racial epithets, broke down the door, and then shot and killed a 68 year old Marine veteran when his medical alert device accidentally went off. No officers were punished for their roles in the tragedy