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TIL an alligator's brain weighs between eight and nine grams and takes up only 1/2 a teaspoon.

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GY9e5 TIL that the GPS service used globally is paid for by the U.S. Department of Defense, and costs upwards of a billion dollars annually.
wyRE TIL Nicky Barnes was a notorious drug trafficker who posed on the cover of The New York Times Magazine as “Mr. Untouchable”. Then President Jimmy Carter was so insulted by this he ordered his attorney general to prosecute Barnes right away. He was convicted and sent to life in prison.
awR6y TIL ever since 2003, MIT has published an annual list of 10 breakthroughs in technology. 2020's list included anti-aging drugs, AI-discovered molecules, and hyper-personalized medicine.
DQpRP TIL about William Rankin, a pilot who in 1959 parachuted into and survived passing through a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud while it was fully developed, an experience so traumatic that he dubbed it "being in a huge, uncontrollable laundry machine."
M7PxB Today I learned that WD-40 stands for Water Displacing oil number 40!