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TIL: Grand Theft Auto 2 was set in 2013

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wL4J1 Today I learned that the 1°C increase in average temperature is equivalent to heat energy of 1 million nuclear warheads in the atmosphere.
R61w TIL the Sun is so loud that if space was filled with air it would be 125db on Earth, 92 Million miles away
BrZ7W TIL that in London in 1814, a vat at the Horse Shoe Brewery ruptured unleashing 1,470,000 L of beer which poured down Tottenham Court Road in a 15ft wave destroying two houses, a pub, and killing at least 8 people
dD6oK TIL that since the chart’s debut in 1958, 25 primarily instrumental songs have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” in 1977. Since 1985, however, the only instrumental No. 1 has been 2013’s “Harlem Shake.”
N8wN TIL that “rods” and “hogshead” are actual measurement units, and when Grandpa Simpson claims his car “gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I like it”, he’s boasting about getting just shy of 0.002 MPG.