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TIL that the Dutch East India Company was valued at $7.9 trillion at its peak. That's more than the top 20 modern companies combined

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m0lo TIL the US is responsible for more than 69% of the NATO military budget.
nVG9 TIL the phrase “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up” is a registered trademark of Life Alert.
neNVW TIL that Neil deGrasse Tyson sent James Cameron a snarky email saying that, at that time of year, in that position in the Atlantic in 1912, when Rose is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring up at the stars, that is not the star field she would have seen.
vmZx TIL that Teller(the silent half of Penn and Teller) taught Greek and Latin for 6 years before going into show business fulltime
jM5v TIL that the pilot episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog was nominated for “Best Animated Short Film” at the 1995 Academy Awards.