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TIL Rage Against The Machine’s first album has such a high level of production that it is used to test speakers and other audio equipment

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Rx19 TIL 87 year old Leo Thalassites is the oldest living policeman in America. He served in all 5 branches of the U.S military, received 3 purple hearts, competed in the Olympic games, and blames modern-day overweight cops who “are quick to pull a gun because they can’t use their fists.”
M7RE0 TIL Norway built a doomsday vault on their Arctic territory, Svalbard: A 'seed bank' containing over 1 million seeds from 4,000+ plant species, as a means to protect the world's food supply.
mx8gM TIL that blackjack basic strategy (the optimal strategy for winning) was developed by four US army engineers, who called themselves the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In 2008 they were inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame.
6E6xJ TIL that a plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel (about 4 liters) every second.
QNodd TIL actor Dick Van Dyke was reportedly offered the role of James Bond after Sean Connery’s departure from the franchise. When asked by the producer if he’d like to do it, he stated, “Have you heard my British accent?”, then hung up the phone.