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TIL "once in a blue moon" is around every 2.7172 years and is coincidentally close to the number e.

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mxnbY TIL that the government of Denmark recreated their country, block by block, in Minecraft. However, some vandals broke into the server and blew everything up, leaving behind US flags in the craters.
QNDna TIL that "Hero Rats" can be used as a failsafe to check for tuberculosis at a rate of 100 samples per twenty minutes, a task that takes human microbiologist four days.
nWlBW TIL: That Rolex is a non-profit organisation, According to Swiss law, the brand is not obligated to declare whether any one has ever received a donation from them. They also receive major tax cuts due to being a charity.
QJPxk TIL In October 1986 Soviet submarine K-219 suffered an explosion and sank in the mid Atlantic with an estimated 30+ nuclear warheads aboard. The cause for this explosion is contested to this day.
kZr1 TIL that Lemmy Kilmister co-wrote Ozzy Osbourne’s hit song “Mama I’m Coming Home,” stating that he made more royalties from that song than in 15 years in Motorhead