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TIL a strand of spider silk long enough to encircle the whole Earth would weigh only just over a pound

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9w4er TIL Chess.com Restricts Draw Offers In Prize Events - "In no other game or sport is it possible for competitors to decide at any point in the game to agree to a tie. In the spirit of competition, we’re looking to eradicate this phenomenon."
MenNm TIL the most productive country in the world is Luxembourg, where they have an average work week of 29 hours (4 days/week).
X0ZQj TIL the US Air Force uses C130s to drop toys and supplies in Micronesia every Christmas
neVV7 TIL a Molotov Cocktail is so named because of the Finn's mockery of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, where Vyacheslav Moloto said bombing raids over Finland where "Humanitarian Bread Drops". Finns attacked Soviet tanks with the aforementioned weapons as "a drink to go with the bread"
ANNo TIL The MPAA would not allow the producers of Meet The Fockers to use the name “Focker” until they could find an actual person with the last name.