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TIL that the USS Bonhomme Richard is named after the Richard of Poor Richard's Almanack

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ejJk TIL - Dunbar’s Number is 148, the predicted human “mean group size” of the limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.
oBmvK The only sculpture on the Moon, this statuette and plaque were secretly left by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971 as a memorial to those who “made the ultimate contribution” to the exploration of space.
xVdO5 TIL Paper Strength is measured in Kilometers, as a way to describe if a sheet of that paper measured that long would be vertically hung, it would tear on its own weight. That is to say, if a paper has strength of 14 Kilometers, a 14 Km long sheet would have to be vertically hung for it to tear.
LPOZ TIL the first person in history whose name we know is Kushim, an accountant from Mesopotamia who lived around 3200 B.C.
DylV TIL in 2015, a report found 100+ Walmart products labeled “Made in the USA” that are actually made elsewhere.