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TIL North Korea's largest export are giant statues

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wLWo8 TIL during 9/11 nearly 500,000 people were transported out to safety by boat in 9 hours, compared to Dunkirk which saved 300,000 troops in three days
oBg1L TIL the 3.5 mm Headphone Jack was patented in 1895. It was used to connect phone lines in 19th century switchboards.
d8eb9 TIL about the International Fixed Calendar. It is comprised of 13 months of 28 days each (364) + 1 extra day that doesn't belong to any week. it is a perennial calendar and every date falls on the same day every year. It was never adopted by any country but the Kodak company used it from 1928-1989.
8ax98 TIL about Gulf War Illness: Over 1/3 of the veterans that served in the Gulf War experience the same horrendous symptoms, all caused by chemicals the US chose to expose them to. 7,424 of 7,845 claims of GW veterans were denied between 1994 and 1996 - and it's still hard for them to get a diagnosis.
xVNLb TIL Boeing 737 Max airplanes Flight control run on, Collins Aerospace FCC-730 series computers, first built in 1996. Each computer features a pair of single-core, 16-bit processors that run independently of each other.