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TIL that by 2004 humanity produced more transistors than it did grains of rice, and by 2010 you could buy 125,000 transistors for the price of a grain of rice. A 16GB drive contains more transistors than the number of neurons in your brain.

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nebYP TIL as Alex Trebek was not able to retire on his own terms, one of the final phone calls he made was to Ken Jennings regarding taking over the hosting duties of "Jeopardy!". Trebek passed away the same weekend as this call, having hosted his final shows less than two weeks prior to his death.
4XGDg TIL that, despite being classified as an yellow star, the Sun is actually white when seen from space. I only appears yellow or orange from us here on Earth because of the atmosphere
BgVYe TIL that dismemberment by elephant was a common execution technique in SE Asia.
KYGMB TIL in 1995, producers for Striptease and G.I. Jane got into a bidding war to see who could get Demi Moore to film first. Striptease won which resulted in Moore being offered 12.5 million dollars which was more money than any other woman in Hollywood had ever been offered at the time.
5Y85k TIL that President Andrew Jackson's ancestral home was a cottage in Northern Ireland