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TIL the likely record for fastest manmade object is a manhole cover launched by a nuclear bomb. A high-speed camera recording the lid only caught one frame of it moving meaning it was traveling over 125,000 miles per hour

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0d91j TIL that every October, the medieval town of Lucca, Italy turns into the biggest comicon in Europe. 300,000 cosplayers and enthusiasts take over the historic center and local shops sell merchandise.
Enox TIL that John D. Rockefeller’s net worth, translated into today’s dollars, would be up to $663 billion, or almost 10x the worth of today’s richest man
x69Eg TIL the town of Lincoln, Illinois was named after Abraham Lincoln eight years before he became president. He was the attorney for the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad that led to its founding.
Egod TIL that in the United States, having child pornography often results in a harsher sentence than actually molesting a child would
Eg8Pd TIL that Adolf Hitler was prescribed with different medications for his flatulence, including one made with extract from human excrement.