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TIL I can send WhatsApp messages to myself

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9VQD TIL the tallest structure in the US is a 2,063ft television transmitter in North Dakota
v7bR TIL that the Tata Group from India which owns Jaguar-Land Rover and has revenues of over $100b is 66% controlled by charitable trusts, which invest these proceeds in nation-building such as India’s hospitals, educational institutions and promoting health, education, culture etc.
80xX TIL the fall of Nokia has decimated Finland’s economy: “By 2000, Nokia accounted for a mindboggling 4% of Finnish GDP, 70% of Helsinki’s stock exchange market capital, 43% of corporate R&D, 21% of total exports and 14% of corporate tax revenues. It was and still is unprecedented.”
78EDX TIL that the Guinness World Record for the longest time a person has held their breath underwater is 24 min 37.36 seconds.
GYMRg TIL: Canadian's have never said "Aboot", It's just near impossible for non natives to accurately mock A vowel only canadians (and parts of the US midwest) can pronounce.