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TIL that black printer ink is the eighth most expensive liquid in the world

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xV4gB TIL The space shuttle creates an electrostatic large charge on launch which is a reason why lightning is so dangerous for a launch.
QXP9 TIL NASA had to relabel the penis sleeve for urinating in space suits from “small, medium, and large” to “large, gigantic, and humungous” because astronauts would only choose the large and they kept slipping off.
0dQER TIL Isaac Newton's famous "Standing on the shoulders of giants" quote was actually a sarcastic rebuttal to his rival, Robert Hooke. Accused of plagiarism, Newton parroted the phrase to take a jab at Hooke's slight build, in effect saying that Hooke's work wasn't even worthy of being plagiarized.
4V0g TIL that in 1998, Bill Gates earned $1 million per hour (and almost $300 per second).
5Volk TIL that Japan has a town named "Usa" which many believed was deliberately named to promote goods as "Made in USA"