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TIL: The world’s smallest hard drive is only 96 atoms big.

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baKp TIL that on his deathbed, Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, asked his wife to inject him with LSD and for her to stay by him, he died 6 hours later and she notes it as ‘the most beautiful death she has ever experienced’
mxkoo TIL that the blue light exposure from a monitor is about 100 times below the international recommended limit. The spectrally weighted irradiance from computer screens and mobile devices is a lot lower than the natural exposures.
R5rJ8 TIL that the Corona beer company owns an island in the Caribbean, which is named Corona Island.
5YNVP TIL Thomas Edison tried to create the first-ever talking dolls. In 1890, thanks to the development of the wax cylinder, he was able to produce a line of baby dolls. With wooden bodies, porcelain heads, and miniature phonographs in their chests, the dolls were unlike any toy to exist at the time.
PY5xZ TIL Hedgehogs are a food source in many cultures. Hedgehogs were eaten in Ancient Egypt and some recipes of the Late Middle Ages call for hedgehog meat.