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TIL Yao Ming is an ambassador for elephant conservation

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GY1G7 TIL that the content delivery network CloudFlare uses a wall of 100 lava lamps as a way to generate entropy for a random number generator
yQ8pl TIL that in 1989, the U.S. military blared AC/DC music at General Noriega's compound in Panama for 2 continuous days. This eventually forced the dictator to surrender.
b67o9 TIL about Wisdom, the worlds oldest known wild bird at the age of 71. She laid eggs as recently as Nov 2021 and has had the same mate for the past 11 years. She’s hatched 30-36 chicks in her lifetime.
PlxG TIL - One teaspoon of water contains about three times as many atoms as the Atlantic Ocean contains teaspoons of water
MRRV TIL: In 1674, skeletons of 2 children were discovered under the staircase leading to the chapel at the Tower of London. Believed to be the remains of the “Princes in the Tower”, the skeletons were buried, on the orders of Charles II, in Westminster Abbey.