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TIL that speed is now so important in financial trading that a new $300 million transatlantic cable was laid down in order to shave 5 milliseconds off communications between New York and London.

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eOAn TIL that touching stainless steel will remove the odor of garlic and onion from your hands. They even sell bars of stainless steel “soap”, which is just a bar of stainless steel to rub on your hands.
GYBG TIL The evolutionary path of how lizards lost their legs to become snakes is one of the most well documented transitions as most intermediates still exist!
rRGl1 TIL the world record for the longest accurate shot in archery is 283.47 meters and is held by Matt Stutzman, a man born without arms.
WkJnB TIL because electronic computers were not fast in 1959, the X15 experimental jet used a Fluidic Digital Computer that used water instead of electricity. It featured hypersensitive Fluidic Integrated Circuits and Logic Gates that could make course corrections faster than its contemporary computers.
WkVN TIL the man who primarily developed the synthetic diamond process for GE, making them untold millions, was given a $10 bond as a bonus for his effort.