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TIL The first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon (Apollo 11) had an on board guidance computer with only 4kB of RAM (32,768 bits) and 72kB (589,824 bits) of ROM.

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8aAjV TIL conservationists in South Africa have been injecting rhino horns with red dyes and toxins to prevent poaching. The mixture renders the horn completely useless to those trying to sell it commercially and is also toxic for human consumption.
84XK TIL that gorillas compose songs that they hum or sing during mealtimes, according to a study of wild western lowland gorillas in the Republic of the Congo.
VBXYZ TIL a Japanese man went to the Philippines to get crucified, he claimed to be a devout catholic but was actually a sadomasochist.
Rrn8 TIL Queen’s “We Are the Champions” was scientifically proven to be the catchiest song in the history of pop music
RDm1 TIL 34 years ago, Carl Sagan stated that the total energy picked up by all the radio telescopes on the entire planet in all of history is less than the energy of “a single snowflake hitting the ground”. The count is now around 2 snowflakes.