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TIL Rüppell's vulture is considered to be the highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,300 m above sea level, when it collided with a plane.

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RLm7 TIL that estimates place John D. Rockefeller’s personal net worth in today’s money at somewhere between $392,000,000,000 and $663,400,000,000.
OlM6 TIL That Grace Hopper is credited with popularizing the term “debugging” when she removed a moth from a computer.
mkrp TIL that the world’s largest tunnel digging machine, Bertha, is stuck under Seattle
wLLeo TIL that in 2015, cleaners threw away a post-modern art installation because they thought it was trash
wxBY TIL in 1961 James Monaghan co founder of dominos pizza traded his 50% stake in the company to his brother Tom for a used Volkswagen, Tom went on to sell his 97% for 1 billion.