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TIL most new Apple and Android devices have built in magnometers (metal detectors). These are primarily for the built in compass, but can also help find metal things in the grass.

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x6PMg TIL that the TV show Robot Chicken has 23 Emmy nominations and 6 wins, most of their wins being for their specials episodes
8elBb TIL that Mondragón Corporation, a worker-owned federation of cooperatives founded in 1956, is today the 7th largest Spanish company
9YWYD TIL that the world's oldest dog lived to the age of 29 years and 5 months
gMvPD TIL the bluest blue (to date) was accidentally discovered when a researcher received a grant to explore novel materials for electronics applications and tried to heat together oxides of manganese, yttrium, and indium at two thousand degrees Fahrenheit
EgWQw TIL the longest word in any language is the chemical name of the titan protein which is 189819 letters.