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TIL that there is a reservoir in space that holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.

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xVwEo TIL that Steve Jobs had just been pruning apple trees in Oregon which led him to call his company Apple. “It sounded fun, spirited, and not intimidating. Apple took the edge off the word computer, ” Jobs said. “Plus, it would get us ahead of Atari in the phone book.”
oxgE TIL that there is a Stonehenge type megalithic stone, calender structure in the Sahara Desert, built around 6000 years ago
b9bga TIL that snakes can detect earthquakes up to 5 days before one happens.
D0VJ TIL a group of teenagers known as the “Bling Ring” tried robbing Paris Hilton’s house perceiving her as ‘dumb’, finding the key under the doormat and front door unlocked. They robbed her house 4 more times over the next 3 months taking $3M worth of her clothing and jewelry before being caught.
yQrbl TIL the Russian Standard Bank was founded by entrepreneur Roustam Tariko in the 90s to circumvent the advertisement ban of alcohol in Russia and promote his Vodka, the Russian Standard. Today, it is the largest consumer bank in Russia and Tariko is one of the most successful bankers in Europe.