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TIL the average silverback gorilla can lift more than 10x its body weight. Meanwhile I’m over here struggling with a Costco water pack.

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woGL6 TIL the Norwegian oil fund (Norges Bank Investment Management) owns 1,5% af all stocks listed in the world, investing all state profits from its oil. It's current investents $1425 billion USD.
yVNXv TIL Dave Grohl is a self taught Barbecue Pit-master who has succumbed to Brisket Addiction which effects 1 in 3 males in Texas. Because of this addiction he didn’t realize how much meat he was actually smoking yesterday and started giving it away. “I just wanted a Pulled Pork Sandwich.” /s
N7YdN TIL George Romero came up with the screenplay for "Night of the Living Dead" from a short story he wrote, which he "basically ripped off" from the Richard Matheson novel "I Am Legend".
Z8XQ TIL that there is a theoretical Gravity Train, which would connect any two destinations on Earth with a 42 minute, gravity-powered train ride.
9wwpB TIL the Boeing 747 can carry an extra engine on its wing. Airlines used to use this capability regularly, when engines were less reliable, to deliver replacements to their stranded planes.