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TIL one breeding pair of rabbits and their offspring can create nearly 4 million rabbits in only 4 years.

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Zp8rp TIL that the probable voice of the Wilhelm scream was Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley, the singer of the famous novelty song "The Purple People Eater".
DPdP TIL that using carbon nanotubes, Stanford engineers have created the first basic computer that operates faster and consumes less energy when compared to systems made from silicon chips (pic)
xdWD TIL Dan Harmon, the co-creator of Rick and Morty, distilled a storytelling framework from Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth called the “story circle.” It describes the basic structure of film and TV shows in 8 parts.
K5YQ TIL that the Space Race of the 1960’s lead to NASA giving IBM a $26.6 million contract to create an one of the most powerful computers ever in a compact form. This lead to the development of the microprocessor and the level of power computers have today.
NXYMe TIL There was once a king who had never been attracted to women, one day, he saw a beautiful beggar and fell in love with her. He brought her to his palace and made her sit on his thrown and then kneeled before her and asked her to be his queen.