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TIL a Boeing 747 uses ~4 litres (~1 gallon) of fuel every second

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rmly TIL - J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, gave the rights to Peter Pan to a hospital, so they could always have income from the royalties and remain open.
gO9y TIL in japanese folklore it was believed that sometimes when an object reached it’s 100th birthday it would become alive and self-aware
R7Lw TIL Karl Marx’s son-in-law wrote a book entitled “The Right To Be Lazy”
W7R7X TIL The Spanish Empire developed a long-term plan to conquer Ming dynasty China in the 16th century called Empresa de China which involved converting the entire population to Christianity and intermarriage between Spaniards and the Chinese people.
x68dD TIL of "Snowzilla", a giant snowman that was erected annually each Christmas season from 2005 to 2013, and again in 2023, by Billy Powers and other local residents of Anchorage, Alaska. Originally 16 feet tall, "Snowzilla" grew to 22 feet tall in 2006, and 25 feet tall in 2008.