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TIL Twitter has enough money in the bank to run for 412 years with current losses.

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X7r TIL the outside temperature can be approximated by counting cricket chirps for 13 seconds and then adding 40
Ywgx TIL Ed Sheeran bought a ticket to LA with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over the city before he was spotted by Jamie Foxx, who was so impressed that he offered Sheeran the use of his recording studio and a bed in his Hollywood home for six weeks.
awanZ TIL about the Quadro Tracker, a metal antenna hinged to a hollow plastic handle bought by police in the 90s for $400-$8000/unit. The manufacturer claimed the antenna would swivel to point towards a sought object or person. The fraud was exposed in 1996 and the company executives acquitted in 1997.
wLLk7 TIL US Natl Parks are looking to raise fees to $70. Link to public comment in article.
bXV7 TIL that in 2012, ALSA spent less than 8% of their funding on their main objective of research, and 28% on administration and fundraising.