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TIL the Lamport logical timestamp algorithm is used to determine order of events on distributed computer systems.

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5VWJ9 TIL it is the sperm that determines the sex of the baby prior to conception. The egg is always an X chromosome, if the sperm is X the baby is female (XX), if the sperm is Y the baby is male (XY)
dPxr TIL for over 15 years Paul Rudd has been showing the same clip of Mac and Me on the Conan O'Brien instead of clips from the movies he’s starring in and promoting.
W7RyX TIL that Bram Stoker’s widow Florence had the 1921 film Nosferatu declared a copyright infringement. She sued the production company into bankruptcy, ordered all copies burned, and had the court declare that owning a copy was illegal. The resulting cult status led to several copies surviving.
b61d7 TIL Frederick Forsyth spent six months reporting on the Nigerian Civil War for BBC. He asked to continue covering the war, and BBC refused. So Forsyth quit and covered the war freelance for two years, during which time he claims to have been an MI6 informant.
P9dJ TIL that the Australian Classification Board has the power to ban small breasted pornography