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TIL that QR as in QR code simply means Quick response

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614J TIL if you shout or make a sound that is 1,100 dB, it will create a black hole destroying our galaxy
AN1GB TIL there are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way-around 3 trillion trees compared to 100-400 billion stars.
0wEeM TIL that Abraham Lincoln donated $10 to Ireland during the Great Famine.
P1K5G TIL gross tonnage is not the weight of a ship, instead it is calculated from the ship's internal volume using a logarithmic function
1GBV TIL Sweden has a nuclear bunker system under Stockholm that has some of the biggest servers hosted at. ex: Wiki leaks and The Pirate Bay.