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TIL 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America

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R5BlQ TIL Lockheed Martin once planned a 6000 tonne nuclear powered aircraft transport which would carry and deploy fighter jets.
bBMZ TIL that a number far larger than a googol and googolplex exists. Graham’s number is so large that the observable universe is far too small to contain a digital representation of the number, assuming one Planck volume per digit.
mxo8R TIL Also known as Black Death, Henry Johnson was an African American hero. Despite being stabbed, shot, and hit with grenade shrapnel totaling 21 severe injuries, he managed to kill/injure 24 German soldiers and rescued a member of his unit.
VXND TIL That Nick of Nick’s Fonts, one of the most popular fontmakers on free font websites, (you’ve probably seen or used one of his fonts) made hardly anything from them and is unable to support his wife’s illness.
Zbmp TIL that Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are technically a single lake because the flow of water through the Straits of Mackinac keeps their water levels in near-equilibrium.