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TIL that on average, Congress randomly brings up Hitler 7.7 times a month

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aw8o0 TIL Scaled Composites wanted to register their SpaceShipOne spaceplane with the FAA as N100KM, as a reference to the Kármán line, the boundary between the atmosphere and space, but as it was taken, they settled for N328KF, or 328 kilofeet, the imperial conversion of 100km.
6O4m TIL approximately one half of vegans are vitamin B12 deficient
p8m9b TIL that Super Mario Bros. was so popular that in 1985 a Strategy Guide for the game was the best-selling book In Japan for two years straight
VMj98 TIL Harley-Davidson filed a trademark application in 1994 for the sound produced by their motorcycles. After many objections and even litigation, they dropped all efforts in 2000.
r08d TIL That elephants know to come to humans for help (like if they’ve been poisoned) and can find us even over long distances