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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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VMvWp TIL that the Thai language is tonal, and has 5 distinct tones. So, when spoken with the correct tones, the phrase "Mai mai mai mai mai" translates to "New wood doesn't burn, does it?"
grWaD TIL: despite being notorious for the Jack the Ripper Murders in 1888 and a resultant reputation for violence and death, the Whitechapel district of London only had 95 reported "killings" between 1837-1901.
epK7J TIL that beer changed statistics. W.S. Gosset was a scientist for Guinness Beer checking samples of ingredients against a standard. Adapting the normal distribution into a t-distribution allowed for fewer samples. He published it under the pseudonym “Student”, so was known as the Student's t-test.
Xj8D TIL that on September 13, 1985 a USAF F-15 that was only slightly modified successfully shot down a US satellite.
yVAvp TIL researchers estimate that the United States could harness enough energy from its nuclear waste to power the nation for 100 years.