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TIL Google Has a 3D Pasta Printer for Its Employees

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VBBGG TIL that natural gas pipelines existed as far back as 500 BC but natural gas was only commercialised in 1785
vPYYL TIL Ants alone comprise about 20% of the entire animal biomass on land, totalling around 20 quadrillion. They outweigh all mammals and birds on Earth, combined.
Jw4k TIL that the most expensive Pokemon card is a “Pikachu Illustrator”, only 6 of these cards were produced and each was given to a group of Japanese children who won a drawing competition in 1997. They sell for around $20, 000.
gM7KL TIL Apollo 13 was shot in “a hollowed-out, windowless, padded Boeing 707 jet that climbs to 30,000 ft. and then arcs into a steep dive, creating a 23-second period of weightlessness.” This plane is used by NASA for 0g training.
VpQB TIL The statute of limitations for Financial Crimes is 5 years, meaning most of the banksters responsible for 2008 will never be prosecuted.