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

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1Ry4 TIL: Cereals, including rice, have a higher carbon impact than meat.
dDKX8 TIL diamonds are formed 90-125 miles below earth’s surface. Thats roughly the equivalent height of 23 mount everests. Then they make their way to the surface through volcanic eruptions or meteor strikes.
j6GWX TIL that George Foreman not only became the oldest heavyweight champion of all time, when he defeated Michael Moorer in 1994, but he also ended Moorer’s 35-0 undefeated record.
kjwg TIL that Iran is the only country in the world that allows citizens to trade kidneys for money via a regulated marketplace. There is no waiting list for transplant patients. Citizens are even exempted from military service if they donate as the gvt. contends they have already served their country.
N76e8 TIL Part of the Jewish holiday of Purim is poking fun at the more far-fetched methods of Talmudic Biblical exgesis by using them to reach absurd conclusions