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TIL one of the biggest bank heists in history took place in Beirut where ~$2 billion was stolen

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vPP88 TIL Apollo-11 (Moon landing) guidance system computer had 4kb RAM and 32kb hard drive.
BgxYb TIL in 1283 King Edward I of England had the last Prince of Wales executed and started the custom of giving the title to his first born son instead.
D1Dve TIL that ocean gets its smell from a compound called dimethylsulphide which is produced from microorganisms in ocean
5YG7D TIL that the German national anthem's first verse (no longer sung on official occasions) mentions 3 rivers and a strait, all of which exist entirely outside the current borders of Germany.
R7d7l TIL of John Howard Griffin - a white journalist who darkened his skin and travelled the deep south in 1959 in order to experience life in those states as a black man