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TIL - NVIDIA's unofficial company motto is "Our company is thirty days from going out of business."

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0OPA TIL that the gigantic, hairy “Goliath birdeater” tarantula spider is entirely harmless and passive toward humans and their bite would hardly compare to the sting of a wasp.
7bwP TIL that roughly 1 in 200 Japanese women have performed in porn.
6ZoY TIL of a substance called “Libyan Desert Glass”; found in the Eastern Sahara and the deserts of Libya, this glass is of unknown origin (possibly from meteoric impacts), and has been found in ancient Egyptian Jewelry such as Tutankhamun’s Pectoral.
4kvMX TIL the "Nutrition Facts" label on packaged food sold in the US is regulated by the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, which was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
R5og1 TIL The Lac Megantic train was left unattended overnight on the main track with a running, damaged engine, and none of that is illegal, or even largely abnormal.