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TIL that there are 8 peas per pod.

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8Zy8 TIL the Eternal September is a term that refers to the month when Usenet experienced a large influx of AOL users… the network’s existing culture couldn’t integrate the sheer number of new users, and according to pre-1993 users, never fully recovered
4XdWw TIL the US operates about 800 military bases and logistical facilities outside its sovereign territory -- more than any other nation. All the other foreign bases owned by countries together total about 30.
4X1Z5 TIL to prove that lotteries are a waste of money to her husband, a woman bought a lottery ticket only to end up actually winning $1 million dollars
GALAN TIL They developed and implemented Pacemakers powered by a Plutontum 238 source, people are still living with them til this day
yVVPw TIL: During the Civil War, the Confederate army used bat guano, 2.500 pounds a day during the mining operation, to make gunpowder.