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TIL Mars makes 2 billion M&Ms every 8 hours.

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XAWk TIL that Pittsburgh, PA has 446 bridges – 3 more than Venice, Italy.
1aeAW TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza volume is about 2.5 million cubic meters. The construction of the pyramid in 20 years meant placing 800 tons of stone blocks - every day! Since it comprises 2.3 million blocks, construction in 20 years required the placement of over 12 blocks every hour, day and night.
wJwo TIL that the colony of Georgia was founded with four prohibitions: no Catholics, no liquor, no lawyers, no slaves.
neA1o TIL that a video of the moon landing ending in disaster and Nixon reading the "other speech" exists (as part of a project that illustrates the possibilities of deepfake technology)
0d0g1 TIL that in 1952, the United States Air Force airlifted more than 3500 pilgrims from Lebanon to Jeddah to complete their hajj, after airlines at Beirut couldn't hand the surge of passengers.