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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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gRbA TIL of the town of Geel, Belgium which practices de-institutionalized mental health care. Doctors place patients with host families to live. The tradition of caring for the mentally ill dates back hundreds of years.
neBx9 TIL To cover up My Lai massacre, Hugh Thompson jr. was quickly awarded Distinguished Flying Cross with citation of fabricated events that included promoting Vietnamese–American relations in the operational area. Thompson threw away the citation.
RJY7 TIL: Benjamin Franklin inadvertently electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a Turkey.
BrRvk TIL of James Gordon Wolcott who, at age 15, sniffed airplane glue, then shot and killed his parents and sister. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Today he is a psychology professor at Millikin University.
OGLMg TIL that, in 1946, Ho Chi Min reached out to President Harry S. Truman and requested the United States’ support in ending French rule in Vietnam.