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TIL The last month of the year used to be February

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WRyB TIL The world’s largest moving object, the Bagger 288 Superexcavator, leaves virtually no tracks, even over grass. The sheer surface area of the tracks makes its ground pressure less than a barefoot person.
ALZ7 TIL That the Terminator’s use of a box of roses to conceal a shotgun in the movie ‘Terminator 2’ is a pun on Guns N’ Roses.
4RaJ TIL in 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers after they refused to end their strike and subsequently banned them from federal service for life.
KlYQ TIL The highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M is a dog named Reveille. She has a student ID, a cell phone, & personal handler assigned to her 24/7, & she attends every class her handler has. If Reveille barks during class, the class is immediately dismissed.
nkW9 TIL Keith Ellison became the first Muslim member of US Congress in 2007. He took the ceremonial oath with a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.