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TIL more Africans have access to cell phone service than piped water and electricity.

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VkN4 TIL that the word “Android” refers only to a male looking robot, for one that looks like a female the proper term is “Gynoid”.
nWwkb TIL about the Sheitel, a wig worn by Orthodox Jewish women. Because of the belief that Orthodox women need to cover their hair, some exploit a loophole by using a sheitel and essentially wear more hair on top of their natural hair.
xVDe1 TIL That ancient Greeks hung a branch of bay over the door of a sick person to fend off evil and death. This led to the garlanding of newly qualified doctors with a bay wreath, known as the Bacca laureus in Latin, which gave us the word "baccalaureate" (University Degree).
7dkL TIL That a victim of the Aurora shooting (at the Dark Knight Rises Premier) didn’t have insurance and woke up with 2 million dollars in medical expenses.
7yk7 TIL In WWII the US Navy had huge floating dry docks that were big enough to hold battleships and aircraft carriers so damaged ships could be repaired close to the fighting and not have to be towed back thousands of miles to Pearl Harbor.