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TIL 19 states in America have laws in place to discourage building of local/community Internet services because big ISPs lobby against it.

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BrGye TIL that Hydrochloric acid tastes like Vinegar, Battery Acid, and Blood mixed together.
d0lQ TIL In ancient Athens, a beautiful courtesan named Phryne was put on trial for a capital crime. Her defense, in the most well-known story of the event, consisted of stripping in court and asking the (all-male) jury if they were prepared to destroy this. She was acquitted.
9Y6Pp TIL: a holocaust denial group offered $50k to anyone who could prove that gas chambers were used to intentionally kill people at Auschwitz. They were forced by a judge to pay the money, and an additional $40k, to Auschwitz survivor Mel Mermelstein who gave proof of that very fact.
xV9Eo TIL the only ruling monarch in the world who speaks Czech fluently is the King of Cambodia
GYREE TIL that an unexplainable sense of impending doom is regarded as a symptom for many life-threatening medical crises such as anaphylaxis and heart attack, and can present before any physical symptoms are detectable.