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TIL There is a website that will tell you if your computer is on or not.

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xVkY5 TIL a study published in the medical journal Pediatrics found Spongebob Squarepants causes learning difficulties and impulse control problems in 4 year old viewers.
4ynN TIL when President Chaim Weizmann died in 1952, Einstein was asked to be Israel’s second president, but he declined, stating that he had “neither the natural ability nor the experience to deal with human beings.”
AB9g TIL of Chlorine-trifluoride, a substance so unstable it sets seemingly inflammable objects like concrete on fire. In the 1950’s, some was accidentally spilled in a warehouse and burned through a foot of concrete while simultaneously releasing a deadly cloud of gas that corroded anything it touched.
pg5G TIL Yellow and red cards in football were invented in 1966 by Ken Aston, an English referee, who was frustrated due to the language barrier during the World Cup. Driving down Kensington High Street, he took a look at the traffic lights and found them a useful metaphor for caution and stopping play.
b6eL4 TIL that in 1986, Motörhead broke records by hitting 130 decibels in concert. The music was so loud that it damaged the ceiling of Cleveland’s Variety Theater.