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TIL that John Deere is the largest operator of autonomous vehicles

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koa5 TIL that there’s 3G mobile phone coverage on the summit of Mount Everest, so you could tweet from the top.
X0AJj TIL that barnacles (balanus glandula) are sticky little crustaceans related to crabs, lobsters, and shrimps.
KOV54 TIL If you weighed 100 pounds at the north pole on a spring scale, at the equator you would weigh 99.65 pounds, or 5.5 ounces less. Your mass, in grams, would stay the same because 'grams' is a measure of the resistance of a body to being moved and has nothing to do with acceleration or gravity.
rNB01 TIL the Roman plebeian Publius Afranius Potitus vowed to sacrifice his life if Emperor Caligula recovered from his illness. He expected to be rewarded for his loyalty, but was shocked when he was expected to carry out his oath after Caligula recovered. He tried to renege, but was executed.
RM91 TIL that the oldest commissioned naval vessel in the world is the USS Constitution. She was launched in 1797.