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J18Ej TIL that the 3rd US President had his own highly edited version of the Bible (the Jefferson Bible)
e7kL TIL The Dutch East India Company was the first corporation in existence, created in 1602. They were the first company to issue stocks and is the granddaddy of all corporations today.
wLvAo TIL the worlds smallest playable guitar is 10 microns long (about the size of a red blood cell). It has six strings each about 100 atoms wide and is played by aiming lasers at the strings. Its tone is about 130,000 times higher than a regular guitar supposedly the highest pitch ever recorded.
Zpplp TIL about D.U.F.F. (Demonstration Using Flattop Fissions), a NASA project that produced an incredibly small nuclear reactor: K.R.U.S.T.Y. (Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology).
VMyQD TIL: Pecan is a Native American word meaning " “all nuts requiring a stone to crack.”