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TIL, in 2011 Apple had more cash than the United States Treasury Department.

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Oov47 TIL: That the Netherlands Flood Defense System includes 2 of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World. Dutch government spends >1BN euro/yr ensuring that its extensive system of dikes/dams/levies are held to a standard of 1 flood every 10,000 years, this includes depositing 3.1bn gallons of sand on shores.
a8O1Z TIL that Mozart wrote a song for performer Adriana Ferrarese del Bene, who was known for nodding her head down on low notes and raising her head on high notes, that contained many jumps from low to high notes. This caused her head to move in a way that Mozart found amusing.
rRK6o TIL About Coober Pedy, an Australian town where 80% of its residents live underground.
GY6Vg TIL that soldiers have been drawing Phallic objects on walls since at least A.D. 207 archaeologists evidence shows Roman Soldiers would Graffiti Hadrian's Wall with them.
78gEP TIL John Lennon didn't sign paperwork for the the dissolution of the Beatles until December 1974, while he was at the at the Disney World Polynesian Resort in Florida.