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TIL that the world’s largest tunnel digging machine, Bertha, is stuck under Seattle

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R5M9w TILL Simms Motor War Car which was the first armored car, was powered by a four-cylinder 3.3-litre[1] 16 Horsepower Cannstatt Daimler engine, giving it a maximum speed of around 9 miles per hour (14.5 km/h).
j6JXM TIL that the ratio of male births to female births is 51/49%, and it's thought the ratio of X and Y chromosomes in the man's sperm is most likely the cause.
0wRXv TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s mother (named Marion Moon) shot herself before his lunar flight because she didn’t know if she could cope with his impending fame. He then fell into depression and alcoholism after his flight.
MPn0 TIL - from 1961 to 1993, the only non-Navy man to become president was Ronald Reagan.
DQ7nV TIL that within five years of Dr. Seuss’ death, his widow sold Seuss’ theme park rights to Universal Studios; multimedia rights to Living Books; and film rights to Steven Spielberg. Jim Henson’s son remarked that her business practices were over-saturating the market.