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TIL the human eye with transmits data at roughly the same rate as an Ethernet connection

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MewlB TIL the opposite of an oxymoron is called a tautology
BePr TIL a 7-year-old girl recognized herself on a milk carton as a missing kid. She might never have been rescued, except her abductor bought the carton and cut out the image, giving it to her to save. A friend saw it and she was reunited with her father.
VXK0 TIL that the “pause symbol” on your remote control is derived from the musical notation called a “Caesura,” which calls for a complete pause in a composition …
xKew TIL that the President of France is also the Co-Prince of Andorra. Therefore, Andorra is the only country in the world that has a democratically elected monarch.
ZKGQ TIL the Tempest Prognosticator was a device that kept 12 leeches inside small bottles. They attempted to climb out of the bottles when a storm was approaching, causing a bell to ring. The number of times the bell was struck indicated the likelihood of a storm.