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TIL that every natural number less than 10^126 is nameable.

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4XBZR TIL the urban legend of Atari burying hundreds of thousands of ET cartridges in a New Mexico landfill actually happened. An excavation found them in 2014.
95Z6 TILL there once a breed of dog called turnspit dogs, who’s sole purpose was to run on a wheel that turned meat to cook it evenly. The wheel was put high on the wall, to keep the dogs from overheating due to the nearby fire.
XEYM6 TIL that over 500 surgical operating room fires every year.
0O9v TIL that the woman who started the Mother’s Day tradition in the US was so opposed to its commercialization that she spent her whole inheritance and her remaining years of life protesting what the holiday had become
EB1V TIL an error of Costa Rica’s border on Google Maps led to an invasion of Costa Rica by the army of Nicaragua. Google responded, saying that their Maps “shouldn’t be used as a reference to decide military actions between countries”.