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TIL about Ajaokuta steel plant; The $8 billion Dollar Steel Plant, That Has Never Produced any Steel

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78VDM TIL that the world's largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. It fell in Fort Keogh, Montana in 1887 and was reported to be "larger than milk pans."
X0LDR TIL the Belgian passport has pictures of Tintin, The Smurfs and Lucky Luke.
b9XN4 TIL that when the artist, Melanie Willhide, got her stolen laptop back, all her files were deleted by the burglar. Data recovery experts were able to recover some of them. The photos were corrupted, but she decided to exhibit the work. The show was titled after the burglar.
e0bQ4 TIL that Kobe Bryant helped develop the first prototypes of Hypervolt Pro, a massage gun which has become popular with pro athletes over the past several years. It allows players to treat their muscles while resting on the bench during the game.
0Bap TIL of the “Mormon Lost Boys:” young men who are ejected from polygynous communities to reduce competition and ensure enough females for a 3:1 f/m ratio. They are often dumped on the highway and told not to return, they are “dead” to their families.