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TIL that three companies (Blackrock, Vanguard, Statestreet) are the largest single shareholder in 90% of S&P 500 firms.

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R77Q7 Most of the food weight and water retention disappears in time.
Oo6j6 TIL God of War (2018) was done in a single shot with no loading screens or fade-to-black between gameplay and cutscenes.
x66v7 TIL Eisenhower believed the war was won specifically thanks to the bootlegging-inspired efforts of a hard drinking New Orleans boatmaker.
E1dZP TIL of the Surya Siddhanta, a book written in 4th century CE in India which describes the Earth’s diameter as 8000 miles (7928 by current standards) and the spherical shape of the earth also providing an accurate distance of the Moon from the earth before much before Galileo.
a8pwo TIL that NASA plans to crash the ISS into the Pacific Ocean in 2031 and transition Low Earth Orbit activities to the commercial sector.