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TIL the world's first photographic process, the daguerreotype, was capable of recording fine detail better than today's digital cameras. A panoramic photo captured in 1848 was taken at a resolution equivalent to 140,000 megapixels.

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Jeej TIL in ‘92, a ship from China lost 29,000 rubber ducks in the Pacific Ocean. After some washed ashore in Alaska, oceanographers started tracking their progress to learn about ocean currents. Ducks were found in Asia, Australia, the Americas, even Europe. Some were frozen in the Arctic for 15 years.
PY95J TIL Fidel Castro hated cults of personality. In Cuba, there are no statues of him, no streets or buildings named after him, and no official portraits of him.
WAjB TIL that pretty girls in large cities like New York are paid in drinks, dinners, and oftentimes vacations by people called “Promoters” to attend Clubs with them.
0wpNL TIL there is a monument on the coast of Norway that consists of three giant (10 m / 33 ft tall) swords rising from the rock.
X6xE TIL Albert Einstein’s brains were kept and dissected both improperly and against his wishes, and his eye balls remain in a safe deposit box in New York City…