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TIL a German company has developed a maglev elevator that can move horizontally as well as vertically.

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ADlDl TIL about Sergeant York, a pacifist who was drafted into the US Army for WWI, and would later capture 132 Germans in a single raid on a German machine gun nest
l7EO5 TIL the average annual income of a Broadway theater attendee is $261,000
X0BVQ TIL the Waitaha gecko holds the record for oldest known wild gecko at ~53 years. The individual gecko in question was already an adult when first captured 50 years prior.
jNXvv TIL JFK's father Joseph Kennedy made much of his fortune through insider trading. FDR later made him chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. When asked why he appointed a crook, FDR replied, "set a thief to catch a thief." Kennedy proceeded to outlaw the practices that made him rich.
EgoAP TIL there will be a total solar eclipse in Dunedin NZ, on July 22 2028: Maximum at 16:17:17, and totality duration 2m 52s