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TIL “Coffee is the second most valuable commodity exported from developing countries, petroleum being the first”

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Z1pR TIL Caltech students snuck into two fairs at MIT for the prospective freshmen and handed out T-shirts that were packaged so that “MIT” was on the front, but on the back were the words “because not everybody can go to Caltech” were hidden until the package was opened
nZRW TIL that in 2009 armed robbers used a helicopter to abseil onto the roof of a cash depot in Sweden. The cash was dropped into a local lake where it was picked up boat. To deter police the robbers used caltrops on local roads and fake IED’s on the police helicopters to keep them grounded.
nOjB TIL we tend to dislike the sound of our voice when we hear it in recordings because vibrations in our skulls make our voices sound richer and deeper than they are in reality
R7Dw7 TIL Orcas, or "killer whales," are actually dolphins.
l0Pa TIL despite being portrayed as young and healthy, John Kennedy was hospitalized dozens of times and on three occasions given his last rites.