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TIL that Molex to SATA adapters can catch fire if they lack the right shielding

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JMkB TIL during the 1990s, anti-sweatshop activists from rich countries succeeded in shutting down sweatshops in Bangladesh, forcing thousands of children into prostitution, crime, and starvation.
R5wG8 Today I learned that most of the famous silver drachma coins of Alexander the Great were made out of captured Persian silver
n1LG TIL: the term “sniper” comes from how hard it is to shoot the snipe bird
JY0BB TIL that Hitler was frustrated that Himmler was performing archeological studies in Germany, as he was worried that they would show the world that “Aryans” lived in mud huts while other civilizations were more technologically advanced
wLpBY TIL that meteors blasting through earth's atmosphere can be used for long distance radio communications