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TIL In July 2011, due to the American debt-ceiling crisis, Apple’s financial reserves were briefly larger than those of the US Government

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LeGr TIL French gamer hunted down and stabbed a guy who killed him 6 months ago with knife in counter strike.
loLeV TIL bar-tailed godwits, a type of bird, breed in Alaska, and then migrate south for the winter - they fly to New Zealand in one non-stop trip which can take up to 9 days, not even stopping to feed. The round-trip migration for this subspecies is over 29,000 km.
X0V8D TIL that there is a species of tarantula named after Johnny Cash called Aphonopelma johnnycashi
nM87 TIL before alarm clocks, people were employed as “knocker uppers” to go around and knock on doors to wake people up.
9Knm TIL the “cheerleader effect”, the theory that girls look more attractive in groups, is scientifically proven