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TIL A single cargo ship can produce as much pollution as 50 million cars. There are 90,000 cargo in use (in 2009).

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nW5nB TIL the officer in charge of guarding Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater left his post to go drinking at the same bar where John Wilkes Booth was building up the courage to shoot the President.
NN0b TIL Vantablack is the blackest black absorbing up to 99.965% of radiation in the visible spectrum
GbR1 TIL there is a garbage swirl in the ocean the size of Texas.
QBdE TIL Of a bank in Italy which offers loans in exchange for wheels of cheese. Currently they house 430,000 wheels, with a value up to 190 million euros.
b6myp TIL Switzerland is the only member of the WTO (World Trade Organization) who calculates customs duties on industrial goods by weight, not value, since 1848. This 'ad pondus' method, favoring lighter, high-value goods, contrasts with the common 'ad valorem' system.