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TIL The difference between a ship and a boat is 60 metres anything less than 60 metres is a boat anything more is a ship

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jOpE TIL the 2nd richest man in history was Augustus Caesar, with an estimated net worth of about $4.6 Trillion after inflation - or about 25% of the world’s economic output then
Qee9 TIL typographers use Ink Traps, to avoid excess ink usage and get clearer printing at small sizes.
nWoxB TIL: No on born blind has ever been diagnosed with Schizophrenia
O5ye TIL The militarized border between North and South Korea, with practically no human inhabitants, has become a refuge for multiple endangered species
rQ8o TIL a failed experiment of an 18 year old English chemist in search of a treatment for malaria in 1856 produced one of the world’s first synthetic dyes for the color purple, which severely impacted economic trade as some natural dyes were major commodities more valuable than silver or gold