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TIL researchers discovered that a single 2×2 LEGO brick can handle 950 pounds of force in a hydraulic press before breaking

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QJlbk TIL MIT has genetically modified trees to glow in the dark in the hopes of creating a literally green source of light for the future.
xV5Nb TIL Air Traffic Controllers have jobs so stressful they're required to retire at 56
kJgng TIL that the largest Fourth of July festival outside of America is in Denmark's Rebild National Park. The festival has been attended by Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Walt Disney, and Walter Cronkite in the past. It has a "struggle to stay relevant with younger generations".
4Wgg TIL of Pan Am Flight 121, which crashed in the Syrian desert in 1948. Gene Roddenberry (future creator of Star Trek) was the highest-ranked surviving crew member and took command of rescue and relief efforts.
VBLbZ TIL a controversy in Japan involving a famous weatherwoman, who received backlash from some of her fans after it became public knowledge that she had a boyfriend, led to the creation of a new word in the Japanese language, which literally translates to "business that preys on vulnerable men"