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TIL: Non volatile memory onboard the Apollo spacecraft were made by manually weaving copper wires between magnetic cores, bit by bit. Software had to be perfect because any revisions to code were impossible

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p8OA8 TIL during a live performance in 1965, The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies asked drummer Mick Avory "Why don’t you get your cock out and play the snare with it? It’ll probably sound better." In response, Avory knocked Davies unconscious with a cymbal and then fled the venue, thinking he'd killed him.
EgdxV TIL surveillance in video games enables detailed profiling of the people playing the game, with some games collecting more behavioral data than social media platforms. Researchers warn of significant risks to consumer privacy.
LQdDV TIL There's a period of the history of Earth (1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago) that is called the "Boring Billion" due to nothing much happening geologically, climatically or (mostly) evolutionarily.
ADA8a TIL There is a train station in Japan that had plans to close, but noticed a student was the only one using it. They decided to close when she graduates from high school.
4Xxxa TIL about "Chewbacca defense", a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor.