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TIL At top speed the Bugatti Veyron will empty its 26 gallon tank in 12 minutes

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rRZk0 TIL Astronomers from Johns Hopkins University, studying spectral analysis of over 200,000 galaxies, initially determined the average color of the universe to be a greenish white. Later study corrected this to a slight beige. A vote followed by press coverage christened the final color "Cosmic Latte"
R7A0w TIL that Baker's Chocolate is named after the company founder James Baker and is not just called that because it is a chocolate that is used by people who work as a baker.
7rA7r TIL The Queen of England can fire the entire Australian government. In 1975 her representative in Australia fired the prime minister of Australia and the rest of parliament in response to a government shutdown. There hasn’t been another shutdown since.
Xn0r TIL Napoleon was sexually obsessed with his mistress Josephine, encouraging her not to bathe for days to retain her own scent, and that she had a signature sex move he called the “zigzag.”
9vQX TIL as many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.