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TIL A 512-bit CPU would be capable of addressing more bytes than there are fundamental particles in the observable universe.

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LQ1d9 TIL that in 1994, Japan had a GDP per capita that was 1.4 times larger than that of the US. In 2021, the US has a GDP per capita that is 1.8 larger than Japan’s
x6AQ5 TIL in 2022 when the pilot of a single-engine Cessna became incapacitated, an air traffic controller (who was also a certified flight instructor) helped a passenger on that plane who had no flying experience (but who had watched pilots before) successfully pilot the aircraft for 8 miles & land it.
ZpVWB TIL about trans-resveratrol, a phytoestrogen which may have either anti-estrogenic or estrogenic effects depending on different situations
a6kA TIL Tolkien didn’t write the Elvish languages to fit into the Lord of the Rings, but wrote the Lord of the Rings as a history for his over 15 different languages
e0J1D TIL: One of the first inductees in the Poker Hall of Fame died 60 years before Poker was invented