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

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XEQkj TIL there is a Coral Trafficking Task Force here in The Florida Keys.
D1ybD TIL that "Frasier", a 19-year-old sickly and feeble lion with a lolling tongue rescued from a Mexican circus in 1972, went on to sire 33 cubs by the protective lionesses who catered to him and brought him food at LA's Lion Country Safari.
0O5v TIL that elephants skeletons are designed to carry weights under them, not on top, and many Elephants end up with deformed and broken backs as a result of years of long hours spent carrying tourists around.
e0rNn TIL that the children's game "Stella Ella Ola" can be found around the world, but that the only places where the lyrics are "Stella Stella" as opposed to "Stella Ella" are in Vancouver, B.C., and Brandon, MB.
6E0NW TIL Active since at least 1998, "in concert with the CIA and FBI, (NSA's) TAO is used to intercept laptops purchased online, divert them to secret warehouses where spyware and hardware is installed, and send them on to customers."