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TIL that books used to be considered so valuable they often contained curses on people who stole or damaged them

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4kyWb TIL there is a pile of clothes so big it can be seen from space
Z8W7R TIL a 2014 study found out that out of 24 late-model pickup trucks studied only two, the 2014 Ram 3500 and Ford F-450, both with dual rear wheels, were able to have their beds filled with water without overloading.
QWgp TIL that in 2009 eleven children were born in Antarctica
P1MEZ TIL the score for the 2019 documentary 'Apollo 11' was made using instruments which were only available at the time of the mission in 1969.
QJDxk TIL of Lewis Fry Richardson. He derived many of the complex equations needed for weather prediction in the 1920's. However, the math was so difficult that to predict the weather six hours in advance, it took him six weeks to do the calculations.