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TIL Next to the US army, Disney world is the largest buyer and importer of explosives in the USA.

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0denL TIL : In 1992, scientists discovered the loneliest creature on Earth. It is a whale that has been calling for a mate for two decades. The whale communicates at a frequency not used by any other whales, and so far, has not received a response.
J1BX1 TIL - ASML holds a monopoly over the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines used for the most advanced computer chips. Their best selling product is the Twinscan NXE:3600D costing $150 million. Shipping the machine requires 40 shipping containers, 20 trucks and three Boeing 747s.
gnD8 TIL: NASA has found that under certain conditions the moon rings like a bell.
b0Q TIL that King Leonidas’s quote ‘Come and take them’ is the motto of the Greek 1st Army Corps
p8jvN TIL while Car & Driver was testing the 1978 Porsche 911SC when it was new, the writer remarked that it could have been the last 911 and the last rear-engined Porsche.