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TIL of the Y2k38 Problem. Similar in nature to the Y2K bug, when the year 2038 strikes 03:14:07 UTC on 19 March, computers still using 32-bit systems to process the date and time may not be able to cope with the time change and could revert to the year 1901.

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x6117 TIL that THC can be detected and quantified in the semen of men who are chronic users of inhaled cannabis.
R7wZw Today I learned that Bryan Ware created the Crayon Initiative that collects used crayons from restaurants and melts them down to make new crayons for children's hospitals.
pMN TIL that for after 4 decades, US has spent 1,000,000,000,000 dollars ($1 trillion) on a failed war on drugs
b9AAQ TIL that our own stomach has to constantly secrete mucus to stop itself from being digested by our own stomach acid. Without that mucus, our stomach acid would eat through our stomach’s lining.