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TIL that your neighbor’s ham radio can interfere with your wifi signal, and that it is the ham radio operator’s responsibility not to mess up your wifi, and if they do, you can report them to the FCC and they can lose their license

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nW8A9 TIL a Chinese club brought cricket to North Korea after deciding where to play their next tournament in a Shanghai pub one night in 2008
X0re8 TIL that they originally planned to kill off Jesse in season one of Breaking Bad.
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