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TIL Lego is the biggest tyre manufacturer in the world.

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neZvo TIL there is a disease known as "fatal insomnia" which prevents you from ever falling asleep. This leads to hallucinations, panic attacks and eventually, death.
E1x4P TIL that Italy must provide San Marino with unlimited amount of matches at cost
AD4po TIL that according to the FCC, as of 2018, there are still 100,000 pay phones left in the United States.
Y7JLG TIL there are aircraft carriers powered by nuclear reactors.
e6kE TIL that once the Babylonians could predict when solar eclipses would occur, they would install a substitute king during this period. As they believed that these eclipses were an evil omen, this substitute king could be blamed. (He usually was killed after - of course making the omen true.)