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Today I learned the difference between Mbps and MBps. When Internet providers advertise speeds of up to 100Mbps, they mean Megabits per second, not Megabytes per second. One megabyte is equal to eight megabits and therefore speeds of 100Mbps equals 12.5MBps...
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 09:27PM by shujhonm
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TIL that Queen Elizabeth is no longer Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, because she gave the noscript to her husband as a 90th birthday present
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Submitted July 05, 2020 at 10:27PM by helicopterpurple
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TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after a P.E. teacher called Leonard Skinner who had the band members in his class and was known for being very strict about enforcing the schools no long hair on boys policy so the band named themselves to mock Skinner and changed a few letters to avoid a lawsuit
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 12:48AM by canadiancainiac06
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TIL much of the filming for Malcolm in the Middle was done on location in various parts of Los Angeles. A privately owned home was rented for upwards of $3,000 a day to film as Malcolm's house.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 02:22AM by 86-Everything
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TIL It is illegal for any person whose blood is less than one-half Samoan to own land in American Samoa.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 01:46AM by SsmVgoXDq2w
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TIL that when the US Marines were first experimenting with reconnaissance drones, they named their model the "Bikini" because it was a "small item that covered a large area of interest."
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 05:28AM by zipperfall
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TIL People with Schizophrenia in African and Indian cultures tend to have positive experiences when hearing voices. Those in the United States predominantly have violent and hateful experiences.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 06:38AM by Pantherkatz82
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TIL when Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, rival politicians accused him of hiding the words, 'Fuck You', in an acrostic-style message to them when he vetoed a bill. When asked, Schwarzenegger's campaign team said, "My goodness. What a coincidence."
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 06:25AM by szekeres81
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TIL that Christopher Jackson, who played George Washington in Hamilton, provided the singing voice of Chief Tui in Moana
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 04:53AM by ShushingCassiopeia
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TIL the band Genesis' debut psychedelic rock album "From Genesis to Revelation" was a huge flop, selling only 650 copies, mainly because record stores incorrectly placed the album in their "religious" section
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 05:51AM by ollog10
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TIL that James McCormick sold the ADE 651, a fake ‘bomb detector’, all over the world (specifically Iraq) by purchasing novelty golf ball detectors for less than $20 and reselling it for $5000 each. His scam has cost lives and the ‘bomb detectors’ are probably still in use today.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 03:26PM by engineeringkillsme
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TIL one of the conditions Woody Harrelson had for taking his role in Zombieland was that the director, Ruben Fleischer, not eat dairy products for a week. Instead of sticking with just a week he maintained a vegetarian diet for 11 months
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 01:20PM by m0rris0n_hotel
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TIL that five Lithuanian soldiers serving in a reconnaissance unit were declared missing during a military exercise. They thought the drill was ongoing and successfully evaded all forces sent to find them, including trained dogs and a helicopter
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 03:45PM by Valentine-Venom
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TIL James Cameron was originally hired to write the first Spider-Man film, with Leonardo DiCaprio eyed to star. In his noscript, Spider-Man accidentally kills a child, calls Electro a "motherfucker", and binds Mary Jane to the Brooklyn Bridge with his webs, before having sex with her.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 05:54AM by evilclownattack
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TIL Spider-Man's trademark web-swinging technique in "The Amazing Spider-Man" was done using practical effects instead of the cgi used in the previous films. They built a giant rig that allowed a stuntman to swing from a thin cable attached to a winch over and through the real streets of NYC.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 01:59PM by f_GOD
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TIL Panchen Lama is 2nd to Dalai Lama. Its their job to find and recognize each other's reincarnation. In 1995, a 6 year boy was recognized as the 11th Panchen Lama but within 3 days, he and his family were made kidnapped by the Chinese Government and a proxy was placed. To this day he is missing.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 04:31PM by 1uamrit
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TIL Wearing sunglasses can improve your mood. Squinting your eyes in bright sunlight convinces your brain you are in a negative mood because people squint when they are angry. Wearing sunglasses can prevent you from squinting, and from involuntary frowning due to bright sunlight.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 05:39PM by amansaggu26
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TIL that seat belts were very controversial when they first appeared in cars during the 40s and 50s with many arguing that they caused injuries and didn't work, no matter how much researchers disputed these claims. Many people refused to wear them and even cut them out of their car seats.
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 06:53PM by frogcharming
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TIL The phrase "the customer is always right" was coined by indigent Prussian migrant who worked in the hotel industry, invented room service, became a multi-millionaire, bought an island and built a castle for his beloved wife. Wife died before completion, and he never set foot on the island again
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Submitted July 06, 2020 at 04:06PM by Bluest_waters
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