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TIL the state of Delaware has twice as many corporations as people.

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j6ybR TIL Aroldis Chapman's 105 mph pitch isn't the fastest of all time. When Nolan Ryan played, pitches weren't clocked until they were 10 feet from the plate. So with the proper adjustments, if thrown today, Ryan's 100.9 mph pitch (in the 9th inning) in 1974 would've clocked at about 108.5 mph.
OwYa TIL of Ernst Loof, the record holder for the shortest F1 career. In his first, and last, Grand Prix, he traveled 6 feet (2 metres) off the starting grid before retiring due to a malfunction.
B6Ed TIL that the deepest hole ever drilled by humans is only about 7.5 miles deep. (The Earth is approximately 7,900 miles in diameter)
EEax TIL last year more people planned to shop on Black Friday than voted in the presidential election
gMwob TIL about microbursts. A microburst is created by a column of sinking air that after hitting ground level, spreads out in all directions and is capable of producing damaging straight-line winds of over 240 km/h (150 mph)