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TIL the chip on SIM cards and credit cards is a fully functioning computer, the device it is placed in simply provides power to it

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VJwk TIL Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry
E1N1V TIL about the CWS T1 a 1930's Polish car that only needed one wrench and a screwdriver to work on.
e0LgE TIL the Amazon river was named by Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana. After skirmishes with a native tribe whose women fought alongside the men, Orellana derived the name from the Amazons described in Greek myth.
eJ6E TIL that Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller painted his finger nails red as a joke in response to his mother telling him him to get a manicure because people would be looking at his hands, but always keeps one finger nail painted red in memory of his mother.
YpZGW TIL: Tennessee State Representative Harry Burn was the deciding vote that led to the ratification of the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in the U.S. He said: “I know that a mother’s advice is always safest for her boy to follow and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification.”