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TIL that the nation of Tuvalu's Top Level Domain is .tv, and is it's #1 export.

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BlVy TIL the world record for eating a 72 ounce steak was obliterated by a 120lb woman in less than 3 minutes.
b9BOj TIL that the 1972 Novel “The Day of the Jackal” showcased an easy method of obtaining a fraudulent British passport, which was later used by the IRA and the KGB. This loophole went unclosed until 2007, and may have resulted in up to 1,500 fake passports being issued each year.
JY871 TIL that in 4 billion years the Andromeda galaxy will take up much of the Earth’s night sky as it nears our galaxy for collision.
wokEJ TIL about airship spy baskets. Used by Germans during WW1, an airship hidden above clouds would lower a basket with a lookout below the clouds to help navigate or find bombing targets.
KYw89 TIL about 11 year old Herman Lehmann, the son of German immigrants, who was captured by the Apaches in central Texas and lived with them for 6 years. He later went on to kill an Apache medicine man to avenge the death of his chief and master and took asylum with the Comanches.