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TIL The abacus is still manufactured and widely used in Japan. The latest versions of it include a dual bead and digital calculator

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7KGx TIL The 1908 Olympics was hosted in London after being relocated from Rome after Mount Vesuvius erupted. It was also the longest Olympics lasting for 6 months and 4 days.
16bYV TIL that Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes, rivers, and rain—but instead of water, they’re filled with liquid methane and ethane.
xVB7b TIL With a telescope of 13km diameter you'd be able to see the Tesla Roadster in space traveling at 13km/s.
NXVQN TIL a petrifying well is a well or other body of water which gives objects a stone-like appearance. If an object is placed into such a well and left there for a period of months or years, the object acquires a stony exterior.
xVpW1 TIL the Wright Bros. famous first flight at Kitty Hawk actually took place on an island off North Carolina