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gMLwW TIL that there are many more units of data bigger than a terabyte. 1 Yottabyte is the biggest unit of data and it's so big that it is 1208925819614629.25 Gigabytes or 1208925819614 Terabytes of data.
R5lv7 TIL Calico cats are almost always female, but a male calico with a rare chimerism condition was banned from cat shows
D14lj TIL in 1846, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because he objected the Mexican-American War and slavery. He spent the night in jail for his actions. This popularized the concept of Civil Disobedience, peacefully protesting a law, which later influenced Gandhi, MLK, and Leo Tolstoy.
697Rl TIL Stevie Wonder released the hit song “Happy Birthday” to support the campaign to establish MLK’s birthday as a federal holiday.
loel5 TIL The word "piggyback" is just a screwed up play on "pick pack" --> "pick-a-back," which makes infinitely more sense than "piggyback."