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TIL USB drives get lighter as you store more data

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ADl7 TIL that the traffic jam in the Italian Job is real due to the Turin authorities refusing to close the roads; this led the Mafia to step in and cause one themselves
R5Ln1 TIL that since 1937 the Isle of Man has only had one year where motorcycle races were held without fatalities (1982).
ZvaD TIL: The median human is 14% poorer today than they were in 2007, even though total wealth is 20% higher. In a stark reversal from the 2000-2007 period, international inequality is not only increasing but is erasing any gains made by emerging economies.
kOA07 TIL the world record for the loudest thing ever shouted belongs to an Irish female teacher who shouted the word “quiet” at 121 decibels, the equivalent of a jet engine.
gMkK7 TIL Professional Wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage played in Minor League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals, learning to throw with his left hand after he injured his right shoulder and strengthening his swing by hitting a hanging car tire; the latter technique adopted by teammate Larry Herndon.