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TIL that Sean Connery died.

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ADGeg TIL many islands are connected to the internet by just one undersea cable. Most of these cables aren't buried, they just lay on the bottom of the ocean. In 2019, the entire Island of Tonga had no internet for 13 days due to their cable accidentally getting cut by an oil tanker.
o7o8 TIL that the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong.” was actually trademarked by Nintendo in 2010.
GOwE TIL that there is a 17-percent increase in traffic fatalities on the Monday after clocks spring forward
awGjL TIL: Sweat has less electrolytes than the blood, so by sweating you are increasing the concentration of electrolytes in the blood
nWn6P TIL that JRR Tolkien never said Hobbits have unusually large feet. This notion was introduced by illustrators and later copied into other depictions.