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TIL that America has the most guns per capita in the world at 89 guns per 100 people

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e8kE TIL the largest battle during the American War of Independence happened at Gibraltar. Despite having less than a third of the soldiers Spain had, it was a decisive British victory. They had 333 people killed in comparison to Spain’s 6000+
R5KOl TIL that 78% of New Zealand is Uninhabited
DQ0be TIL - After the USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, a company then bought it and had to move the ship with an 81' beam through the 80'-wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighing down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees, at high tide.
R76PQ TIL that Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world and six-time Olympic gold medalist, has never run a mile.
yQeOV TIL Michael Bay had Megan Fox audition for Transformers by filming her washing his Ferrari in a bikini. When later asked about the footage, Bay claimed to have misplaced it.