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TIL that the 'ZIP' in ZIP Code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan

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X0Qxr TIL that due to time dilation at relativistic speeds, a human in a spaceship accelerating at a constant 1g could travel the diameter of the milky way in 12 years from their perspective. To an observer on earth, they will have traveled for 113,000 years.
x6rAk TIL the original version of Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead reached number one on iTunes in the UK upon Margaret Thatcher‘s passing.
E1DW TIL Macaulay Culkin, child star of the Home Alone films, bought Marilyn Manson his first pack of cigarettes during the filming of Party Monster in 2003. He said he thought this ironic as Manson is meant to be seen as an ‘anarchist’ and it’s Culkin corrupting him.
nloB TIL that the world’s fastest internet connection is owned by a 75-year-old swedish woman, the internet connection is up to 40 Gbps
gMMjy TIL in 2010 Lewis Hamilton paid over $300,000 for his Formula 1 licence