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TIL of the Schwerer Gustav, a German railway gun used against allied forces in WWII. It took a crew of 2000 men to lay track and to operate. Weighing in at over 1,300 tons and firing a 15000 lb shell, it is the largest gun ever used in combat.

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1aE58 TIL that in 2017, church leaders in Papua New Guinea were concerned by a report that the Governor-General had been requested to sign 666 writs for an upcoming election. They were reassured by the Electoral Commissioner that the number merely reflected 6 copies of each writ for 111 electorates
8wKV TIL Arizona and Hawaii are the only two US states that don’t observe Daylight Savings Time
loZD7 TIL Paul Stanley of KISS starred in a 2000 Folgers ad that never actually aired because focus groups asked “Who is the old, creepy guy?”
4n9w TIL The Northern lights make an audible sound in the atmosphere
9YemM TIL that after approximately 3,195 hours, a set of fish beat three Pokémon games, by swimming around in a tank with motion tracking. The fish tanks were mapped with directional arrows as well as the A and B buttons, and as the fish swam into a button’s mapped area, it activated the buttons in-game