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TIL 11,000 work-years were dedicated to the NASA inter-planetary Voyager Program through to the Neptune Encounter. This is equivalent to a third of the work estimated to complete the Great Pyramid at Giza.

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dD54Q TIL that there are large (>200 m length) tanker ships that are built and operated solely to transport orange juice.
pLvA TIL Pentagon freaked out in the 1980s when they realized Finland had, against their expectations, managed to build two Mir submarines capable of diving to 6000 meters. They went on to shut down the whole Finnish submarine industry by privately threatening the country with heavy sanctions.
YpkK7 TIL between 1977 and 2015, the college textbook industry has increased its prices by 1,041%. This was managed through aggressive business tactics such as forcing students to buy new versions of the same textbook and incorporating more pictures into a text to increase its length.
pYBPp TIL Humans are hardwired to lean to the right while kissing
krMe TIL that Iceland is considered the most peaceful country in the world.