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TIL that IBM’s Watson computer has 90 processors, 2,880 cores, 11,200 threads, 16 terabytes of RAM and 4TB worth of data on its hard drive.

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RO6a TIL that telling someone “this is going to hurt” and “this won’t hurt at all” has a physical impact on the brain which actually increases or decreases the pain you feel. (Study by Koyama et al 2005)
WkoQA TIL in World War I, deep fried potato batons were popular among American soldiers stationed in Belgian after they were served to the British for their love of chips. As, the language locally and of the Belgian Army at the time was French, they thought they were in France naming them ‘French fries’.
WRyB TIL The world’s largest moving object, the Bagger 288 Superexcavator, leaves virtually no tracks, even over grass. The sheer surface area of the tracks makes its ground pressure less than a barefoot person.
dM17 TIL that despite a rate of gun ownership among the highest, Switzerland has one of the lowest murder rates in the world.
8KBZ TIL That Clint Eastwood’s first movie role was a minor role in ‘Revenge of the Creature’ the low budget sequel to 'Creature from The Black Lagoon’.