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TIL The Bush UK electronics brand is still in use and is owned by Argos

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E1DNP TIL The USS Pennsylvania has been in commission since 1989 and has been powered by a single piece of uranium the size of a fist ever since.
5jXQ TIL that a man single-handedly carved a mountain with only a hammer and a chisel, to make a path to medical help since his wife died waiting for a doctor. The trip used to be 55 km and now it is only 15 km.
JR7k TIL it isn’t the first time a Mayan calender has ended. In fact it has happened on September 18, 1618, after which a new calender began.
e804 TIL plastic-wrapped American cheese slices aren’t slices at all and are actually put on the plastic as a warm blob that’s flattened into a slice shape as it cools.
woOOP TIL All 27 of Uranus moons are named after William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope characters.