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TIL the average cloud weighs about 1.1 Million pounds

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4XO55 TIL of “Born Secret”, a legal principle in the US that classifies any nuclear science information at the moment of discovery, even if it wasn’t discovered by the government or serve any military purpose.
AN91B TIL in 590 the city of Rome was experiencing such a severe food shortage and refugee crisis, that Pope Gregory had the church operate as a relief organization. This included having goods from church-owned farmland being given away as alms and Gregory himself cooking meals to give to the needy.
axA0 TIL That of the top 100 biggest economies in the world, 51 are corporations and 49 are countries.
l7Mm1 TIL that Inuit from Greenland traveled to Scotland via kayak. The first recorded instance was in 1682, but it's possible Inuit had made the trip for hundreds of years prior. One of their kayaks is even preserved in Aberdeen, Scotland.
ADlnn TIL the avant-garde band The Residents recorded an album of 40 one-minute songs, then purchased 40 one-minute advertising slots on San Francisco's most popular Top-40 radio station and had the station play each track over the course of three days