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TIL Codex Gigas, largest manuscript in the world was the work of a single scribe according to a legend he added devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid. It is estimated it would have taken twenty years of non-stop writing to produce the work without the illustrations or embellishments.

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EyaV TIL During the Iraq War, in 2003 after receiving a tip regarding the location of Uday Hussein, the soldiers that arrived didn’t want to approach the building for safety, to confirm the tip was accurate they had a soldier go and hotwire Uday’s Lamborghini, which had been a gift from Muammar Qaddafi.
DQVdP TIL that in 2023 BBK Electronics Corporation was split into three individual entities Oppo, Vivo, and BBK Education Electronics.
mx4jo TIL Honeybees, despite having the brain size of a sesame seed, can count up to four and can understand the concept of zero.
DnVv TIL for 85 grand you can have a doctor snap your shin bones in half and extend the length of your legs
YM9x TIL China is building MASSIVE cities just to keep builders busy and generate growth. The result are ghost metropolis.