› added 2 years ago

105

TIL that HP still sells the HP12C, a 40 year old financial calculator which had a chip named R2-D2 and was designed to have a battery longevity of over 12 years

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

epmYg TIL that the famous "We shall fight them on the beaches" speech by Churchill wasn't recorded or broadcasted during the war, but recorded in 1949 after the war ended. The first time the public heard the speech on audio was in 1964.
y9Rv TIL the original actor for Dumbledore, Richard Harris, intended to turn down the role due to his declining health, but later agreed to play the character after his 11-year-old granddaughter threatened to never speak to him if he refused the role.
OoQvY TIL the term "dark ages" do not refer to the period where science was shunned. It was a term coined by Francesco Petrarca in the 1300's, criticizing the lack of good literature following Rome's fall.
16gJ8 TIL that Belize and Guatemala are currently in a massive border dispute that has persisted for hundreds of years
6pWZ TIL that in West Virginia and Ohio it is illegal to warm your car up and leave it running to go back inside during cold weather months.