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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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eK4 TIL that there used to be a company that you could use to print your business cards on beef jerky.
m9Ly TIL a suburb of Sydney, Australia installed loudspeakers at a “trouble spot” in a car park to drive away the hooligans by playing Barry Manilow songs.
dDrXr TIL that Adam Sandler was suppossed to play the Bear Jew in Inglourious Basterds
44V6 TIL that multiple Japanese Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers, and Emperors have apologized for the country’s action during WWII
woXJ6 TIL that Three Mile Island Unit 2 initially came online on March 28th, 1978 (the same day as the accident in the following year), but one of it's coolant pumps failed, so the operators postponed its commission until December 30th.