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TIL: Portland Oregon was nearly named "Boston" the name was decided on a coin toss. Portland is after the city in Maine.

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Y6JW TIL that in Singapore, it is illegal for carriers to lock mobile phones to their network because they aren’t allowed to restrict competition. Carriers found to breach this could have their licenses suspended or revoked.
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oBrDW TIL that President Roosevelt's dog, Fala, was so well known to Americans during his presidency that American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge would ask each other what the president's dog was named in order to prove that they weren't Germans in disguise.