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TIL we can divert lightning with powerful lasers
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TIL Shakespeare's original performances were barely rehearsed and highly improvised. The cast would have a single full read and then rehearse for just 2-3 days. Only a handful of scenes were ever choreographed and actors used scripts that only included their own lines.
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TIL: the 2020 Bentley Continental GT has 92 computers and 2300 electrical circuits controlling 100,000,000 lines of software code; 15 times more than a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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TIL A study found that because 75% of students had to work while going to college only part time, over 75% were unable to finish even after 8 years. Only 6.1% of working part time students graduated within 4 years, and only 25% graduate within 8.
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TIL the Greeks often described foreign languages as sounding like "bar bar bar." Anyone who spoke a foreign language was called a Barbarian.
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TIL That Glenn Beck Smoked Weed Everyday for 15 years starting at age 16