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TIL the latitudes 30° north and south of the equator are called Horse Latitudes because, back in the day, sailing ships would sometimes threw horses overboard in the sea to conserve water when their ships would stay still for upto weeks in the high-pressure belts with almost no wind activity.

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R5nGl TIL that the second fastest manmade object was a 2,000 lb steel plate cap covering a borehole for a nuclear blast. It's estimated that it reached speeds above 150,000 mph, almost 200 times the speed of sound. It most likely vaporized due to friction with the atmosphere before it could reach space.
LQEoQ TIL that there is a Jewish-American mafia, which is often referred to as “Kosher Nostra”.
yQngv TIL that Kato Kaelin, the man staying in OJ Simpsons guest house during the Simpson/Goldman murders, won a landmark libel case against the tabloid National Examiner for a headline saying "Cops think Kato did it!"
GYOE1 TIL John Kluge, as Chairman of MetroMedia, was the Richest Man in America in 1987. During WW II, the German born Kluge served as an interrogator at a secret military base that processed high ranking Germans, including those who were part of Operation Paper Clip, including Werner Von Braun.
4XVb5 TIL Warren Buffett, worth $78 Billion, gave his son Peter a single inheritance of $90k worth of stock at age 19. He has never given him more financial assistance. Peter spent the money on recording equipment. Had he kept the stock it would be worth over $70 million today.