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TIL Lego's brick making is so accurate only 18 in every million bricks made are defective, which are then recycled.

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xV5Jb TIL Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden fame is a legit 747 pilot and on one occasion flew British troops back home from Afghanistan.
kOePd TIL In 1952, President Truman gave the first televised tour of the White House. He explained its history, stopped in front of paintings and furniture to tell stories, and even played the Steinway piano in the East Room
b6gj7 TIL that the phrase "indicting a ham sandwich" originated from former Judge Sol Watchler, who was later indicted himself for extortion, racketeering, and blackmail. He pled guilty and served 15 months in federal prison.
JYYlj TIL The human nose can smell at least 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000) different smells.
OGjaX TIL the oldest surviving Alt History work is in Book 9 of Livy's History of Rome, in which he muses about Alexander the Great turning West and invading Rome