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TIL that all pet Syrian hamsters are descended from a single brother and sister captured in 1930.

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rgmy TIL Coffin Torpedoes were invented in the 1800s to prevent grave robberies. They fired if the coffin was opened.
epVW5 TIL Americans throw out over 400,000 smart phones per day, on average.
boPa TIL that there was a United States Military Academy class that had 59 of the 164 in the class achieve the rank General and above, 2 achieved the highest rank in the US military. It has been nicknamed The Class the Stars Fell On.
8Z0V TIL that the Empire State Building only took a little over a year for its construction to complete (410 days — twelve days ahead of schedule).
groDb TIL about Project Genetrix which was a United States Air Force program designed to launch General Mills manufactured surveillance balloons over China, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to take aerial photographs and collect intelligence.