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TIL balloons are being used to provide internet access to remote areas. Multiple balloons fly at high altitude relaying internet between them from the ground to remote users

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OopEX TIL actor Donald O'Connor (born 1925) 7 year old sister died from being hit by a car. Few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack; his brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. His three other siblings died during childbirth
W7Qpd TIL that the Canadian government will send you a flag that has been flown on top of the Parliament buildings. The current waiting list is over 100 years.
nDYo TIL a woman found her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her backyard, 16 years after misplacing it.
xVwk5 TIL that for The Mandalorian opening theme music composer Ludwig Goransson bought a set of (flute) Recorders because he wanted to step away from computers when he began the Mandalorian project
rRapd TIL before the Internet, Chess player's used to play each other all over the world by taking turns mailing a postcard to each other describing the move they had made.