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TIL about Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase, an enzyme known for its extreme efficiency, it accelerates a certain reaction that would take normally 78 million years to 18 milliseconds.

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ANQ7o TIL that since 2004, Parque EcoAlberto, an outdoor adventure park in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, has offered a 3 hour nighttime experience that puts visitors through a fake crossing of the US-Mexico border with sirens, dogs, chases, drug smugglers and the fake border patrol yelling threats.
BrX6W TIL that every year in Madrid, Spain, a sleeping contest is held. Contestants’ pulse are measured throughout the contest and whoever manages to sleep the most out of the 20 minutes duration wins the event.
kJPBE TIL: The World's Littlest Skyscraper in Wichita Falls was built in 1919. Remote investors were swindled by intentionally not indicating the units on the planned blueprints were in inches, not feet.
oByBY TIL The real origin of the Mercedes-Benz logo. I was aware of the meaning of the 3 pointed star, but not the rest.
BrpZK TIL A farmer once sued his neighbor for shooting and killing his dog for 150 dollars in damages. The Lawyer George Graham Vest took the case and in his closing argument gave a eulogy of sorts known as Vest "Eulogy on the Dog" which is memorable to this day.