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7AAp TIL a .25 square mile town of 5 people was created in New Jersey just so the country club members could play golf on Sunday.
Goe1 TIL Potential Mars colonists and astronauts will have to adhere to a vegan diet.
LQQvm TIL World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate.
KOXZ4 TIL that the number 2147483647 is the biggest possible number in 32-bit computing. In December 2014, "Gangnam Style" exceeded the 32-bit integer limit for view count, necessitating YouTube to upgrade the variable to a 64-bit integer
rNwQW TIL that the earliest known depiction of a handshake is an ancient Assyrian relief of the 9th century BC depicting the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III shaking the hand of the Babylonian King Marduk-Zakir-Shumi I to seal an alliance.