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TIL that the Olympic Dream Team jersey worn by Michael Jordan just auctioned for a near record of $216,000

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ol9L TIL of the Bagger 293, the biggest vehicle in the world. It is an excavator that is 315 feet tall, 740 feet long, and weighs over 31 million pounds.
DQ40r TIL shaving a long haired dog can make it susceptible to heat stroke
9Yg96 TIL the tubular cavity of a chimney is called a flue and was JK Rowling's inspiration for naming Floo Power (despite her not knowing exactly what it referred to)
LQpXP TIL that in recorded history, there has only been a single hurricane in the South Atlantic Ocean to which made landfall. Ever.
ppeA TIL that despite being a quarter of a million words long, Melville managed to use a unique word (a word that’s only used once in the novel) per every 12 words in Moby Dick.