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TIL that in July 2011, Apple Inc. had more cash in the bank than the US government.

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0wD5 TIL tens of thousands of shirts are made for both teams saying they won the Super Bowl. The shirts of the losing team are sent to the Dominican republic.
EgZxo TIL Professional rock climber Alex Honnold has no amygdala activation in his brain.
VM7NZ TIL a Norwegian man, addicted to heroin, stole two large oil paintings from a gallery, lost them, was caught and charged with the crime. The artist subsequently met the thief, painted his portrait, and invited the thief to see it — which caused the thief to fall apart weeping.
bpX4 TIL Dolly, the cloned sheep, was named Dolly because she was derived from a mammary gland cell and the researchers “couldn’t think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton’s”.
oaML TIL of a phenomenon, called Coffin Birth, where fetuses are naturally “birthed” by their recently deceased mothers.