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TIL J.R.R. Tolkien, famed author of The Lord of the Rings and other works, was nominated in 2017 for beautification to be canonized as a Catholic saint.

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Me5PK TIL the solution to the world's largest math problem, calculated in 2016 using a supercomputer, takes up 200 TB of text (equal to the entire content of the world’s largest library). The award for solving the problem, posed in the 1980s, was $100, and was given to the three researchers who solved it
VBkkk TIL about a HUGE cannon, built in 1464 by the Ottoman military. It was still in combat use 343 Years later. It fired projectiles weighing over 2000lbs.
lKZN TIL that Duracell and Energizer are owned by Gillette and Schick, who started making disposable batteries as a sideline for their power shaver businesses.
QJbB9 TIL that one of the ingredients of Worcestershire Sauce use ANCHOVIES
0wnrp TIL Indian Americans are the ethnic group in the United States with the highest median household income, at $135,453