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TIL it takes two full weeks to make a CPU.

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J1gJl TIL the concept of romantic-sexual kissing was not practiced in the Americas prior to European contact. Anthropologists theorize a link between social complexity and romantic-sexual kissing, and many modern hunter-gatherer societies still do not practice romantic-sexual kissing between partners.
eBdg TIL that an Indonesian tribe successfully uses the “gandarusa” bush as a form of male birth control. Scientists say the plant prevents pregnancy by slowing down the activity of certain enzymes in the sperm that help them wriggle into a female’s ovum.
R0kQ TIL that one of the major problems of the Chrysler Turbine car was that it’s exhaust would melt the car behind it in traffic
DdxP TIL the GDP of the 48 poorest nations in the world (a quarter of the worlds countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
BrDrW TIL of the Cat’s Meat Man, who walked around in the Victorian era selling scrap meat for cats out of a cart he pushed down the street.