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TIL Sesame Street on DVD comes with disclaimer “these early Sesame Street episodes are intended for grownups and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child”

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ONDg TIL that the suicide rate in the US has risen to a 30-Year High, particularly for middle-waged citizens (45 to 64) with the rate rising 63% for women and 43% for men in that age group
P15AG TIL that the current “land speed record” - the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land - is 763 mph. It was achieved in 1997 by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green and has not been beaten since.
XEPb6 TIL about the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab science kit, arguably the most dangerous toy, which included four small jars of uranium
BgVnK TIL: The youngest soldier in WWI was only 8 years old
oBajE TIL that in 1961 the cost per GFLOPS for computer performance was US$145.5 billion dollars adjusted to US 2013 inflation. As of 2017, the cost per GLOPS was US$0.03 cents. This enormous difference in cost comes out to be a %99.999999999979 decrease in cost per GLOPS over 56 years.