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TIL that JERK is the official term for the rate of acceleration.

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XEV9j TIL of the Giantess of Nova Scotia, Anna Bates, who was 7 foot 11 inches (2.4m) tall. She joined a traveling circus and met her husband, Martin Bates, who stood 7ft 7.5in (2.3m) and together they had a 23lb 9oz baby, the largest ever recorded.
e6LJ TIL Sony sold more than 12 million 3.5 inch floppy disks… in 2009
loA1N TIL a wealthy man from the US bought the London Bridge and moved it, brick by brick, to Arizona in 1968
jNxXQ TIL Cheetos were invented when an animal feed manufacturer in Wisconsin changed up their machine cleaning technique. They placed moist wheat on a grinder and found the grain puffed up when it came out. The company owner then took the end product, seasoned it, and invented the first cheese curl.
LQwQ TIL that in Korea, there are cat cafes where you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours.