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TIL there are only about 25 blimps left in the world.

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wd87 TIL that Gladiator games had referees who could stop fights entirely or let fighters rest and freshen up.
okvr TIL that in 2009, computer scientists created a system that composes a realistic picture from a simple freehand sketch, pulling photos from the internet: Sketch2Photo
YpYo7 TIL North Korea could have a lot of oil. NK reportedly has seven underexplored geological basins, with three basins said to have “proven working petroleum systems"
7B1x TIL that 244 shows have come and gone on Fox since The Simpsons first debuted
e00aJ TIL Nissan's GT Academy winners were banned from the 2013 British GT Championship because they were too fast thanks to playing the Gran Turismo video game