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TIL of Joseph Trombino, Brinks truck driver, who narrowly survived an armed robbery in 1983 and the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, only to be killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001

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Y76LA TIL: Self replicating probes or spacecraft, also called Von Neumann probes was a concept theorized by the mathematician. He argued that this is the most efficient method of space exploration/mining as they can adapt. The concept has been used in various media such as Mass Effect, Star Trek, etc.
DQKYg TIL That dice can be intransitive. Three dice, A, B, and C, can be made in such a way that on average: A will roll higher than B; B will roll higher than C; and C will roll higher than A
oBLno TIL that during Prohibition doctors were able to prescribe medicinal alcohol for their patients.
JYJBQ TIL about enclaves and other geographic anomalies: Dahala Khagrabari, a piece of India within a piece of Bangladesh within a piece of India within Bangladesh; and Vulcan Point, the world’s largest island within a lake that is situated on an island located in a lake
6EPBm TIL George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass is the best selling solo Beatles album. It has sold more than John Lennon’s Imagine and McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run combined.