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TIL that Italy must provide San Marino with unlimited amount of matches at cost

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YpJMv TIL that during first lunar landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were literally lost for the duration of being on the Moon. Neither NASA nor Michael Collins from Columbia module orbiting the Moon were able to locate the landed Apollo 11 for 22 hours it remained on the surface.
rRB9e TIL In 1883, U.S. and Canadian railroads adopted a four-zone system to govern their operations and reduce the confusion resulting from some 100 conflicting locally established “sun times” observed in terminals across the countries.
ajJM TIL: A Study about butter, funded by butter industry, found that butter is bad for you
97rD TIL that the Vikings essentially invented rap battling during the fifth century.
4XnZg TIL pistol shrimp produce a snapping sound that is so loud, US submarines would hover above colonies of them because the sound kept them from being detected by Japanese sonar.