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TIL USB drives get lighter as you store more data

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epk7g TIL why you call the thing you type with a "keyboard": until 1846 the word exclusively referred to a part of a musical instrument. That year inventor Royal Earl House was issued a patent for a printing telegraph machine fitted with a literal piano keyboard with keys corresponding to letters.
BrK0D TIL that Sweetwater Sound, the largest online retailer of music equipment and pro audio gear in North America, was originally started as a recording studio that was built by one man in a Volkswagen Bus in 1979. That man, Chuck Surack, still owns the company 100% and works on-site daily.
ANgGw TIL Saturn's rings are made up of ice which is diamagnetic and hence resides in the place with the lowest magnetic effect: the equator
Y7O6G TIL that sticky toffee pudding is made with dates!
0drAN TIL that race can be identified genetically with almost 100% accuracy, despite people claimijg it doesn't exist