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TIL that the Singapore passport is valued at $50k and can travel to 179 destinations visa-free

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awGJZ TIL that Ninebot, a Chinese manufacturer of Segway style scooters, made so much money off their copies that they could afford to buy Segway.
x6L1 TIL Australia used to have bars close at 6 pm, which fueled an after-work hour-long speed-drinking session called the “six o'clock swill”.
awV4N TIL a "magnitude 10 [earthquake] or larger cannot happen." Why? "The magnitude of an earthquake is related to the length of the fault on which it occurs. . . . No fault long enough to generate a magnitude 10 earthquake is known to exist, and if it did, it would extend around most of the planet."
j6pJX TIL the Skyline from Fast and Furious 4 was seized in 2009 by the US Border Force due to import and registration issues but was eventually released and exported to Germany.
OG447 TIL Lady Jane Dudley, known as the "Nine Days' Queen," briefly held the throne of England and Ireland from July 10 to 19, 1553, before being executed.