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TIL: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

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lGQG TIL Hans Zimmer wrote the score for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar based off a one page letter about “what it means to be a father.”
ZveR TIL The Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad filed for bankruptcy.
Z8Ona TIL In Australia, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta is held annually on the dry Todd riverbed. Competitors run down the course carrying bottomless boats. It was cancelled once, in 1993, due to flooding
QJK5a TIL The US Navy has the 2nd largest Air Force (estimated at over 3,700 aircraft) with Russia in 3rd with an estimated 1,900.
NXZkP TIL Necco Wafers were America's longest-running, continuously produced candy. First introduced in 1847, they were made continuously before a factory closure in 2018 ended their reign.