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TIL the world's first hard drive, the IBM 350, was introduced in 1956. It was leased to companies for $37,600/month (adjusted to 2024), weighed one ton, and held 3.75 MB, about the size of a small PDF file.

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vPKor TIL that there's no such thing as a "tree" (phylogenetically)
oB94R TIL James Longstreet was one of the best Confederate generals, with Robert E Lee calling him "my old warhorse". However after the war he supported civil rights and led a militia of black soldiers
0ZNy TIL Jon Lovitz blames Andy Dick for causing Phil Hartman’s wife to relapse after a decade of sobriety of cocaine which led to a downward spiral leading to killing herself and her husband.