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TIL there are currently only about 24 blimps in existence, and half of them are used for advertising.

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N79kE TIL there is a furniture company in Houston that serves free breakfast, lunch, and dinner to their employees. Employees' children also have access to a pre-school and a high school plus a trade school for themselves, all free and on the premise.
OGNe6 TIL that the Sun is not the center of our solar system, because of the gravity of other planets, the Sun also revolves around a point called barycenter.
W7Rv8 TIL about the Zulu philosophy 'Ubuntu', which translates roughly as 'I am because you are': a philosophy of the interconnectedness of all individuals regardless of differences.
LQom TIL that the thirteenth amendment, which outlawed slavery, was not ratified by the state of Mississippi until 1995.
OXZa TIL: Judy Garland was put on a diet while filming The Wizard of Oz. That diet, consisted of chicken soup, coffee, and … 80 cigarettes a day. She was 16 years old.