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TIL Pacha an Incan cosmological concept associating the physical world and space with time, and corresponding with the concept of space-time

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awvgM TIL that the longest ship ever built, the Seawise Giant, is longer than the Empire State Building is tall. The ship could reach up to 20 mph and it took 5.5 miles to stop from that speed and the ship had a 2 mile turning circle.
78kZM TIL During the Mexican-American War, Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion'
LYe9 TIL That at the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippor War, Israeli forces of just 3,000 troops, 180 tanks and 60 artillery were able to halt the advance of a Syrian force of 28,000 troops, 800 tanks and 600 artillery until reservists were mobilised
pDd4 TIL that Bob Dole’s 1996 campaign web site is still online.
XwKj TIL Steven Spielberg was thanked more often than God in Oscar acceptance speeches.