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TIL that ‘hella’ was a proposed SI prefix for one octillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).

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ANX8a TIL in 2018, engineers with the New Jersey Department of Transportation had to reverse-engineer a steel bridge for a rehabilitation project, because the files with the original plans were destroyed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11.
R5nx4 TIL the term meme was first coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his renowned book “The Selfish Gene”, and was defined as an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person
LkGN9 TIL the eponymous whale of Moby Dick was partly inspired by a real whale named Mocha Dick.
0wZpM TIL that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, and collard greens are all the same species of plant
l7EAa TIL in 2004, Microsoft sued a Canadian high schooler named 'Mike Rowe' over his domain name 'MikeRoweSoft.com'. He exchanged the domain for an Xbox and some additional compensation.