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TIL if you write any number in words (English), count the number of letters, write this new number in words and so on, you’ll end with number 4

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pjop TIL - Before Radar Great Britain built huge concrete structures that acted as a ultra sensitive microphone to detect incoming enemy airplanes.
D10ZY TIL of Bass Reeves, the first black deputy U.S. Marshall in the West. A former slave, he is credited with capturing over 3,000 felons and killing 14 in self defense.
168gV TIL in the 1920s AT&T built a "telephone pole farm" in Chester Township, New Jersey to test different types of trees and protectant methods. It was also a training ground for technicians to practice climbing.
Aoll TIL The tires for the Bugatti Veyron cost $42,000 for a set. They last 15 minutes at top speed. The wheels have to be replaced every other tire change at $69,000 a set.
5Ebp TIL The synthesizer that Ferris Bueller uses to simulate his realistic-sounding coughs is an E-MU Emulator II, which at the time went for around $8,000. That’s equivalent to over $17,000 in today’s dollars.