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TIL Sony sold 12 million floppy disks.. in 2009

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p8dyQ TIL usual painless joint cracking or popping does not represent an early form of arthritis, nor does it cause joint damage
mmeR TIL that Silfra - the freshwater fissure between the American and Eurasian continents - has water so fresh that divers can actually drink it.
04p1 TIL that Bill Nye’s only marriage lasted only for seven weeks and that he actually had to get a restraining order against his ex after she poured weed killer in his garden
xV4gD TIL that Aramaic -the language spoken by the historical Jesus- is still being spoken as a mother tongue in a small village in Syria.
X9rE TIL that in 1996, Rage Against the Machine played Saturday Night Live with host Steve Forbes. In protest of billionaires like Forbes, they hung two upside-down flags from their stage, against the wishes of staff. After a confrontation with SNL stagehands, they were kicked out before the second song.