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TIL that TASER is short for ‘Thomas A Swift’s Electric Rifle’

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AN9nx TIL, out of top ten Air Forces in the world, USA occupies 4 spots. US Air Force is 1st, US Army Aviation branch is 2nd, US Naval Air Force is 4th and US Marine Corps Aviation is 7th. Talk about overkill.
gMDj8 TIL The La Danta temple in the Mayan city of "El Mirador" measures approximately 72 metres (236 ft) tall from the forest floor, and considering its total volume (2,800,000 cubic meters) is one of the largest pyramids in the world (pyramid of Cheops volume of 2,600,000 cubic meters).
d8Q6j TIL Originally published in Pyongyang in 1988, “Friend” by Paek Nam-nyong became the first state-sanctioned novel written in North Korea for North Koreans ever made available to Anglophone readers in a translated 2020 edition
a8YBL TIL that caulking guns have spout cutters built right into the handle.
MgA7 TIL that three triplets separated at birth ended up all going to the same college and meeting each other.