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TIL that “Seawise Giant,” the largest self-propelled man-made object ever is longer than the Empire State Building is tall

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awA5L TIL Samsung invented a truck with a screen on the rear, that showed following drivers what the road ahead looks like, for safer overtaking.
N7n0J TIL the famous HMS Terror shipwreck was finally discovered in 2016. The sealed captain's quarters could contain undeveloped 170 year old photos from the doomed arctic expedition.
MwmV TIL scientists taught monkeys the concept of money. Not long after, the first prostitute monkey appeared.
gMjwD TIL in 1857 Senator James Hammond, representative of South Carolina, released a manual of breastfeeding rules for enslaved women. The manual regulated time spent breastfeeding and rigidly set weaning schedules. The women were forced to nurse the children of their owners as well as other babies.
d6ed TIL studies have shown that dry counties have higher drunk driving fatalities than wet counties. Researchers believe that dry county residents will go to neighboring wet counties, get intoxicated, then have to drive back further while drunk.