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TIL the CERN ATLAS experiment generates 23 petabyte (in excess of 23 million Gigabytes) of raw data per second.

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LQpv9 TIL: in the USA, only the president, a state governor, or the mayor of the D.C. can order flags to fly at half-staff. Reasons for flying at half staff are: The death of a government official, military member, or first responder, A national tragedy, Memorial Day or another national day of remembrance
8ekZG TIL that Tom Cruise is the first actor to legally touch the Hollywood sign
4X66R TIL Cats were very revered in Ancient Egypt. A mob lynched a Roman for accidentally killing a cat even though the Pharaoh Ptolemy XII tried to dissuade them.
oKBY TIL The London Thames Barrier costs £16,000 ($26k) to close on each occasion
x6ek TIL in 1951, a doctor took cells from Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge while she was being treated in Johns Hopkins’ Negro ward. HeLa cells have led to many medical advancements, and people have made millions off her cells. Yet, she is unknown & her family can’t even afford health insurance.