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Today I learned that there is a clock in New Zealand that has been running continuously despite only being wound once in 1864.

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b9Pda TIL There is an infallible conspiracy (cannot be disproven) called Last Thursdayism that simply states that the world was created last thursday
MJym TIL the B-2 spirit strategic bomber can carry 16 B-83 thermonuclear bombs, each one being 75 times as powerful as the hiroshima bomb (at its maximum). That is equivalent of 1200 hiroshima atomic bombs in stealth mode with a range of 11000 kilometres without refuelling !!
9wOg7 TIL that there's a species of ant called "Colobopsis explodens" that can explode on command to defend its colony. These "exploding ants" rupture their abdomens, releasing a sticky, toxic fluid to incapacitate threats
pYyK8 TIL of TOTO (TOtable Tornado Observatory), a white metal barrel, weighing 250-350 pounds. TOTO would be tipped into a vertical position & swiveled so certain side faced north (for accurate wind direction readings). The closest TOTO deployment to a tornado was on 29 April 1984 near Ardmore OK.
69YAm TIL during a soccer match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a lightning strike killed all 11 members of the opposing team. The home team came out unharmed.