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TIL Microsoft has 3x the amount of cash in the bank than the US Government.

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a8DVo TIL that honeyguide birds deliberately lead humans to beehives so that they will harvest the honey and kill or disperse the adult bees, leaving grubs and edible beeswax for the birds.
6E4MQ TIL that German film director Werner Herzog nearly took LANSA Flight 508, but canceled at the last minute. The plane was struck by lightning, killing 91 of 92 crew members and passengers. The lone survivor was 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, whose story was told in Herzog's documentary Wings of Hope.
lpoK TIL North Korea’s highest defense minister was executed by Anti Aircraft fire for falling asleep during an event attended by kim jong un
VBjDG TIL Titanic survivors who said the ship split in half before sinking were not believed for 73 years, with one survivor saying people would 'argue' with her about what she really saw, until the Titanic's wreckage was found in half in 1985.
eMyL TIL that the housing crisis in San Francisco is so bad that people who are paying rent, have jobs, and are able to afford their current rent, are being forced to evict by the landlords so they can sell the individual units as condos.