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TIL there are daytime fireworks.

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VBQD0 TIL that worldwide spending on digital transformation is expected to hit a 1.8 trillion USD in 2024 and then soar even higher to 2.8 trillion USD by 2025. Also, almost seven out of ten workers have too much work to do every day.
x5J1 TIL that in 1140, when the Weibertreu Castle was defeated by King Konrad III, the women of the castle were granted free departure and allowed to take what they could carry. Thinking quickly, the women carried the men on their backs. The king kept his word and let the men live.
GA7gj TIL that Jess Willard who defeated Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title in 1915, was a very gentle man who had to wait for his opponent to punch him, so he could feel justified in punching back.
QAk TIL there is a rave that is so big it is it’s own country…
K7j6 TIL, the pen name, Mark Twain, is steamboat slang for 12 feet of water.