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TIL, that Britain is the fattest nation in Europe.

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NXnmb TIL that there are only two escelators in the entire state of Wyoming in the United States. The most recent of them was built in 1979. Both of them are also located in bank buildings for Hilltop National Bank and First Interstate Bank in the states second most populous city of Casper.
kOAP1 TIL the interstate system was meant to run BETWEEN cities, not THROUGH them. President Eisenhower got the highways built, but he said putting them inside cities "was entirely against his original concept and wishes."
lrZK TIL that a man was killed by a lava lamp in 2004, when he chose to heat the glass section via stove. The lamp built up so much pressure that it exploded, and a piece of glass shot through his heart.
5NpP TIL The Bluetooth symbol is a bind-rune representing the initials of the Viking King for who it was named
Z6go TIL in 2009 a pigeon named Winston raced Telkom, South Africa’s largest ISP, to see who could deliver 4GB of data to a location 60 miles away the fastest. By the time Winston arrived with the 4GB flash drive, Telkom had transmitted only 4% of the data.