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TIL that Italy and Japan are still at war

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W70o9 TIL Graduate student Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor, Antony Hewish, built a radio telescope to observe quasars in 1967. Their discovery won the 1974 Nobel Prize – for Hewish. 50 years later, Burnell was awarded $3 Million in the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
GYVE1 TIL of slope point, the southernmost point of new Zealand. The wind in this area is so strong that trees grow almost sideways.
GYJjG TIL that The Flowing Hair dollar was the first dollar coin issued by the United States federal government. It is the most expensive coin in the world at $10,016,875
6EyRw TIL that a ton of old mobile phones has 100 times the concentration of gold found in an actual gold mine.
6E4BX TIL that like all major Disney characters, Mickey Mouse is not only copyrighted but also trademarked, which lasts in perpetuity as long as it continues to be used commercially by its owner. So, whether or not a particular Disney cartoon goes into the public domain, the characters may not be used.