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TIL Samsung accounted for 22.4% of South Korea's GDP in 2022.

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LJkV TIL the largest and most powerful power plant on Earth is the Three Gorges Dam in China. The controversial project produces power for over 60 million people, caused multiple landslides, and even slowed down the Earth’s rotation a fraction of a second.
xVYrB TIL the last B-52's are projected to continue service until some time in the 2050's, meaning the plane will have been in service for almost 100 years.
5YlA8 TIL "Jazz" was originally "Jass" but the term was changed because children and some adults could not resist the temptation to scratch the letter "J" from the posters
mDaR TIL MySpace still gets 50 million visitors a month.
dDLJ9 TIL that from 1955 into the ’70s, Campbell’s marketed 'soup on the rocks' and the 'frisky sour'—beef bouillon cocktails—as chic, low-calorie alternatives to alcohol, tapping into post-war trends in nutrition and style aimed at housewives.