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5mK9 TIL that a German probe is the fastest man-made object in history
78wJp TIL in the year 1800, almost 40% of the world's population lived in the Qing empire (China)
grwM9 TIL seven of the thirty-nine signers of the US Constitution were not native to The Thirteen Colonies: Pierce Butler, Thomas Fitzsimons, James McHenry, and William Paterson were born in Ireland, Robert Morris in England, James Wilson in Scotland, and Alexander Hamilton in the West Indies.
6EQXJ TIL Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer used to make internal videos to show to the employees of Microsoft, one of them involved Ballmer dressing up as Dr. Evil and Gates as Austin Powers.
N7AZQ TIL, chameleons can snatch their prey with their tongues in as little as .07 of a second, generating a force of 41g.