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TIL - Silicon wafers used for making computer chips are sawed from an ingot of silicon, that is grown as a single crystal, that can be 2m long and weigh several hundred kg.

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J1Rxk TIL that the distinct sound of John Bonham's drums on Zeppelin's, When the Levee Breaks had little to do with the grandeur of the three-story stone structure Headley Grange where they recorded. The sound engineer Andy Johns incorporated a delay device - Binson Echorec - to achieve the echo effect.
kkpE TIL Drogba pleaded with combantants in Ivory Coast to lay down their arms, resulting in a cease fire after 5 years civil war, also donating 3 million from his Pepsi signing bonus to build a hospital in his home town
GAyvJ TIL that Los Pepes, a vigilante group designed to combat Pablo Escobar, was themselves funded by rival drug cartels (notably the Cali Cartel) and had links themselves with law enforcement.
DQ7Ge TIL that people used to eat mummies
D1BXv TIL that boxing announcer Michael Buffer and UFC's announcer Bruce Buffer are long lost half-brothers that hadn't met until Michael was 49.