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TIL that US taxpayers paid $400 Billion ($4500 per household) to fund an internet superhighway infrastructure to be built by AT&T, Centurylink, Verizon, etc., that was never built.

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BWYx TIL if a patient photo is added to the patient file the quality of radiological examinations is significant improved: Reports were longer, more recommendations made, summaries usually included and more incidental findings recorded.
PYr4e TIL that "zombies" first appeared on movie screens in a 1919 French film called J’accuse. Director Abel Gance used soldiers on leave from fighting in Verdun to portray “an army of the dead.”
WkmgN TIL the skeletons of medieval English archers were deformed from years of archery. The high poundage of war bows, coupled with years of training in their use from a young age, led to skeletons having over-developed shoulder and arm bones to compensate for the growth of muscle around those areas.
mxLVO TIL of the Pen-tailed treeshrew which is the only mammal that daily imbibes alcohol. It consumes the equivalent of 10-12 glasses of wine a night with no sign of intoxication.
5Yn49 TIL Houston officials let developers build thousands of homes inside reservoirs. Nobody told homebuyers that the reservoirs were designed to flood during major rainstorms until Hurricane Harvey happened.