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TIL the World’s Smallest Guitar is the Size of a Red Blood Cell.

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RXZQ TIL of Onfime, a boy from the 13th century. The only reason we know of him were his handwriting lessons found on pieces of birch.
wojR6 TIL that in the 1950s the US Air Force was developing a highly maneuverable, hypersonic flying saucer. Code named "Pye Wacket" it was to be a defensive weapon for the B-70 Valkyrie mach 3 bomber.
lZb1 TIL John Denver nearly choked his ex-wife to death during their divorce settlement and cut their bed in half with a chainsaw. (Dude always seemed so chill.)
md5p TIL that San Marino holds a national holiday whenever their national football team scores a goal.
947p TIL chewing of the drug Khat is so popular in Yemen that its cultivation accounts for 40% of the desert nation’s water use