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TIL that in 2015 in LA, 96 million plastic balls known as "Shade Balls" were thrown into the water in an effort to conserve 300 million gallons of water

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oBbKo TIL that a company called Tweeter had its most active stock trading day in its history five years after it went out of business, after traders mistook their stock for that of Twitter, causing the price of the defunct company's shares to rise 1,000%
EgmpP TIL Texaco illegally sold oil to Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. The company was fined $20,000 but would continued to sell the regime oil until the end of the war.
AOlx TIL the original flip phone design was inspired from the communicator used in the Star Trek series.
697ew TIL The asteroid impact that killed dinosaurs triggered a "mega earthquake" that lasted for months
NQd6 TIL the SR-71 Blackbird goes so fast that it outran nearly 4000 missiles, never taking so much as a scratch during its entire career.