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TIL that an alligator can go over 2 years without eating.

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Wgv8 TIL there are companies that make foil kites which can be fitted to cargo ships to significantly reduce fuel consumption by using high altitude winds as an alternate power source.
oBQOr TIL in 2009 a drunk broker traded 7 million barrels of oil, representing 69% of the total market, in two and a half hours. This drove oil prices up by $1.50/barrel world wide and cost his firm $10 million.
0wlV5 TIL with 29-hour work weeks, the Netherlands has the world's shortest week for business professionals. This allows them to dedicate at least one day per week to spend time with their kids. This time off is frequently referred to as "Papadag," which essentially means "Daddy Day."
mxaoO TIL of Moctezuma's headdress, a featherwork crown which tradition holds belonged to Moctezuma II, the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish Conquest. It is now in the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, and is a source of dispute between Austria and Mexico, as no similar pieces remain in Mexico.
jZkN TIL that English speakers pronounce the world “colonel” as “kernel” because we adopted the French pronunciation (coronel), but the Italian spelling (colonello).