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TIL in 2014 there was a 7,500 player battle in EVE Online, with thousands of ships being destroyed and an estimated $300,000 of real world money being lost in the conflict.

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YpAB7 TIL that ONLY Air Force planes are called Air Force One when carrying the president. "Marine One" and "Navy One" are used for presidential flights on aircraft by those branches, and there has been one "Executive One" flight on a civilian aircraft.
LaJV TIL in Yreka, California, a bakery operated for 100 years called the Yreka Bakery, which formed a palindrome. When the business closed and a gallery opened in the same spot, they named themselves the Yrella Gallery so that it would also form a palindrome.
8eKxb TIL that in 2013, Walter Gafvert was arrested for possession of child prn, only to download more child prn on his smartphone while being interviewed at the police station.
voD7 TIL that Jerry Springer was born in a London Underground station during WW2.
w5P7 TIL that the internet speed on the ISS is faster than the average internet speed in Australia.