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TIL that the International Space Station is the most expensive object ever built at $160 Billion.

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OVQa TIL (Sophie Turner who plays Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones) adopted ‘Zunni’ (Sansa Stark’s direwolf) after filming ended for Season 1 of Game of Thrones
v1dRr TIL a drug company tried to avoid legal challenges to one of its patents by transferring its patent rights to a Native American tribe (and exclusively licensing them back) so they could claim sovereign immunity against any patent lawsuits. It didn't work.
yGnJ TIL: The US Air Force spent over $1,000,000,000 on software that was never used and is 1 of 9 programs 12 years late and $6.9 billion over budget
gJD8 TIL the Christian God ordered an invading army to kill the women of Samaria, cut their fetuses out of their wombs, and to dismember their babies by repeatedly bashing them over stones
Bg6lk TIL during The Battle of The Bulge, General Patton ordered a chaplain to compose a prayer for good weather that was desperately needed for an advance. The chaplain complied, the weather cleared, and Patton awarded the chaplain a bronze star on the spot.