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TIL that a cattle farmer, while clearing land on his Texas ranch, wrote his name in letters a kilometer tall, producing the world’s largest signature. It lies on major flight paths into Houston and NASA uses it to evaluate satellite imagery

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8mA8 TIL a 2007 lawsuit against GM could have brought deadly ignition switch failures to light — but the case was not pursued since Wisconsin law limits liability to $350,000 per death. GM issued a recall 7 years later, and paid $1.475 billion in fines and settlements.
69XPw TIL that after John III Sobieski of Poland-Lithuania defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the Kangxi Emperor of Qing China wrote an eulogy praising the Polish king. John III Sobieski later sent a portrait of himself to Kangxi.
b7l9 TIL a 19th century Japanese sculpture artist created a statue of himself so lifelike it is indistinguishable from its creator, right down to the muscles, pores and tiny hairs on his skin.
e0RML TIL One of the most probable characteristics of the golden state killer that helped to his arrest is his victims' statements about his exceptionally small penis.
8a4kb TIL, because of the buzz that resulted from drinking it, in the southeastern U.S., "dope" became a common term for Coca-Cola, and "dope-wagons" were the trucks that transported the beverage.