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TIL that there are more IPv6 addresses than there are atoms on the surface of the Earth.

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Ypk6v TIL An episode for Futurama in which Fry finds his mother's corpse had been an idea the writers originally set up. After consideration, The episode rewrote Fry to find his dog, Seymour.
697GZ TIL about the WWII L4 Grasshopper plane named "Rosie the Rocketer" that it's pilot, Major Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, had attached six bazookas to. It took part in the battle at Arracourt, forcing a tank column to retreat. He racked up 6 tank kills, including two Tigers.
woNao TIL that in 1990 a broken turbo in a Nissan R90CK caused it to produce over 1100hp, allowing Mark Blundell to set a still-standing Le Mans record: winning pole position with a gap of over 6 seconds from second place, which was a Porsche 962C.
dkrr TIL there is quite a large list of people who were killed by the things they invented.
QJvp9 TIL that "empty" space is home to energy field fluctuations and thus is not truly empty