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TIL in 2001 Pizza Hut paid the Russian space agency to send a pizza to the International Space Station at the cost of $1 million

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KOeN9 TIL that the corkscrew is modeled after the "gun worm," which was used to remove bullets and wadding from muskets.
oRenW TIL about Okinotorishima, a Japanese island located in the middle of the Pacific which is administered by the Tokyo Prefecture
pXV4 TIL there is one double barrel cannon in existence. It was intended to fire simultaneously from side-by-side barrels two balls linked by a chain, intended to scythe down enemy soldiers like standing wheat.
Ve9k TIL Wal-Mart has a crime problem; cost cutting and employee reductions drove a rise in crime that led one community to deem the retailer a public nuisance and another to task ‘Officer Walmart’ to the retailer for up to 10 hours a day. Target doesn’t have these issues; they invest in more security.
6EPVw TIL That Bob Hawke is the only Australian prime minister with a world record and his world record is for drinking 2.5 pints of beer in under 11 seconds.