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TIL that clocks today move clockwise because sundials were first used in the Northern Hemisphere.

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wL1yP TIL of John II of France, who was captured by the English, in the Hundred Years War, and held hostage in London. An exchange of hostages occurred, with his son, Louis, taking his place. When John II was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England as a hostage.
awn5b TIL that at one point, Pepsi was the 6th largest military power in the world.
6EgPm TIL the budget for US military bands is 3x that of the NEA
v1b97 TIL there is a graveyard orbit of satellites many kilometers above the usual geosynchronous orbit
KONra TIL the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster could have been even more catastrophic, but 2000 workers at the sister Fukushima II Plant succeeded in stabilizing their reactors and achieving cold shut down.