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TIL that the world’s most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory is named the VLT, for Very Large Telescope

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l77La TIL nearly 4 million chickens, 726,000 pigs, and 29,000 cattle die in transport every year – just in the U.S.
8eagK TIL That the hair style Princess Leia wears in Star Wars, was inspired by women of the Mexican Revolution, most notably, guerrilla fighter Clara de la Rocha.
ADo0l TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows so everyone could enjoy them.
O4LX TIL that a recent study found that 67% of men and 25% of women would rather give themselves an electric shock than be alone with their own thoughts.
4XRgo TIL a Florida brewery created edible six-pack rings that feed animals instead of killing them