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TIL An estimated 1,382 shipping containers are lost overboard at sea during transportation each year, never to be found again.

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gr647 TIL about the Vectrex, a video game console released in November 1982 in North America that came with its own 9 inch monochrome CRT monitor, detachable wired controller, had vector-based graphics, and games for it came with translucent colorful overlays for the screen. The initial price was $199.
YpvWv TIL there is a small area of Upstate New York that is actually east of Vermont, outside the town of Whitehall, New York in Washington County. The boundary is the Poultney River, with Vermont on the west side, and New York on the east.
WjNY TIL in 2003 a model airplane crossed the atlantic. It weighed less than 5kg and only used 2.2kg of fuel during the 38 hour flight.
oBknR TIL felines who purr cannot roar. It comes down to a bone called the hyoid which is not completely ossified in roaring cats while it is in domestic cats.
x6Abb TIL In 2021, a 4 year old Giant Panda at a Belgian Zoo escaped from his enclosure and then attacked his keeper at the staff-restricted area.