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TIL when AOL 4.0 launched in 1998 they used the entire world’s CD production market for several weeks. No other major market CDs were created during this period of time.

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R5bWQ TIL of Bill Hatfield, the oldest person to ever circumnavigate the earth. He attempted a total of four times before succeeding and even washed overboard on his first voyage. He was 81 when he earned the record.
ADJdw TIL Charles Darwin predicted the existence of the giant hawkmoth 20 years earlier which was eventually discovered in 1882. He was 5,700 miles away then as he sat in his London office inspecting an unusual Star-of-Bethlehem orchid sent by a colleague.
ADLa4 TIL In addition to being the second largest country on earth, Canada’s coastline is the longest in the world. At 243,042 km, it is over four times longer than the number two country (Indonesia), and six times longer than the earth’s circumference.
nK7d TIL that Novelist Stephen King said that Professor Umbridge from the Harry Potter series is the “greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter.”
BrvGD TIL a study found tobacco and tomato plants emit ultrasonic "squeals" when stressed. Microphones 4" away picked up the sounds when plants had stems cut/were under-watered: an average of 15 - 25 sounds within 1 hr from cutting, and 11 - 35 sounds per hr from drought.