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TIL in 2010 the fastest super computer in the entire U.S Defense Department was primarily compromised of 1760 PlayStation 3 Consoles

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JkLB TIL of The Great Stink of London, where the smell of human shit in the River Thames was so bad that it halted parliament. 250 tons of limes were used to mask the odor.
ryLW TIL that Jimmy Smits (Miguel) nearly killed a stunt man while shooting Dexter with a real knife.
oBQpr TIL that the titanium screw caps holding a deep-sea submersible's viewport together experience a maximum load of up to 22 million pounds.
Bg1Yx TIL about the Haymarket Affair, an 1886 incident in Chicago where labors striking for an 8hr workday were dispersed by police w force, killing a protestor. In response at the next rally, a protestor threw TNT at the cops, killing several w several more on both sides dying in the ensuing gunfight.
R5M98 TIL that Quebec's provincial pension fund owns nearly 20% of the international circus act Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, founding in Quebec