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TIL of the Great Lego Spill - In 1997 a rogue wave caused a cargo ship to spill 4.8 million Lego pieces into the ocean, many are still being found today

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QYBp TIL Ronnie Barrett, creator of the Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle, developed the now famous rifle without any background in engineering or manufacturing. In the last 100 years, Barrett is one of only 7 individuals to have invented firearms adopted by the United States Military.
Pxvg TIL that there is an extension for chrome called “Nickelblock”; It’s like adblock, except it blocks everything Nickelback
8PL4 TIL boxer crabs have small pincers that are useless for defense, so they carry sea anemones around as weapons.
oRy8L TIL that the 18th century Badminton Cabinet is the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at $36.7 million (2004). It is a Florentine ebony chest, inlaid with hard and semiprecious stones commissioned in 1726 by Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, at the age of 19
d8Kx8 TIL that cows contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl disaster caused nearby computers to crash.