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TIL that Lego is the worlds largest tire manufacturer by number of units produced per year because of the Lego-tires

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VMnPm TIL Tesla's space travelling Roadster passed Mars, Mercury and Venus in 2018. It's estimated that the Roadster will continue in its elliptical orbit until coming close enough to Earth in 2091 to be seeable by a telescope. It might then crash into Earth millions of years in the future.
oBodo TIL that the reason one cannot drive straight from North America down to South America is one 100km stretch of extremely difficult, dangerous and environmentally sensitive terrain called the Darien Gap in Central America
gWPD TIL: During WWII, a Polish Army Captain VOLUNTEERED to enter Auschwitz in order to get info, then escaped with info about the camp, which was given to the allies. After the war, he was tortured and executed by the new Communist regime
naOP TIL Chinese officials throw out enough grain to feed 15% of the country after their lavish dinner banquets
p8Y4N TIL Serial killer Ed Kemper is one of the most prolific audiobook-narrators in the US, with many thousands of hours of reading.