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TIL that for the last 30 years the same Commodore Amiga Computer has been controlling the HVAC systems of the 19 schools in the Grand Rapids school district. It has been running day and night since

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Bg71x TIL In the 16th and 17th centuries weddings would often have a savory pie instead of a wedding cake. Live birds or snakes were sometimes put into bride pies as a way to pass time at the wedding.
mwpO TIL Israel has a long history of passing along secret US Military technology to China.
PXxV TIL In 1518, People “danced themselves to death” for no obvious reason in Strasbourg, France. One woman started it, and others joined her. Within a month, there were 400 people involved. Many died from pure exhaustion.
e0lVk TIL: The top prize in the Sri Lankan version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” is around 13 Thousand dollars.
9r4p TIL a 17 y/o high school student jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge “for fun” while on a school trip and survived.