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

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jkaM TIL a UK girl was accused of lying about being raped and arrested. The detectives sent in her shirt for DNA testing six months later and found evidence to convict the guy she’d originally accused. She was awarded £20,000.
RwGw TIL a man once set up a TV station to combat negative stereotypes about Muslims, only to then go ahead and behead his wife.
dKvQ TIL that the last duel in Canada was between two men who were so terrified of dueling, one fainted and the other was seized by horror. The guns were also loaded with blanks
4kMka TIL that the most expensive video game to develop is Genshin Impact with a total budget of 700 million dollars. 100 million went to the initial costs, and 200 million for the annual ongoing development as of 2024.
j66xp TIL in 2009, a New Zealand man tied a shoelace around his little finger to act as a tourniquet and cut the finger off with a jigsaw. He then cooked it in a pan with some vegetables and ate its flesh. The act of self-cannibalism occurred during an episode of depression.