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TIL that is theoretically possible to build an entire working computer out of dominoes.

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WAQd TIL David Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam killer, alleges that he was not a lone shooter; rather that he was one of several members of a satanic cult known as “The Process”.
dJdr TIL in 1954, the US tested their first dry fuel nuclear bomb, “Castle Bravo”. The explosion was 3x larger than expected. The fallout affected a 100 mile radius, and material traveled as far as India and Australia. It is the most significant radioactive contamination ever caused by the US.
Yby7 TIL Joe DiMaggio, embarrassed by the special treatment he got in the Army during WWII, demanded combat duty.
JYpZ4 TIL Edward de Vere (17th Earl of Oxford) did not go into voluntary exile for farting while bowing to the Queen - as commonly reported. He was exiled from court for impregnating one of the Queen's maid's of honour.
Ra99 TIL That the Greeks believed male sperm was the source of courage, and hence practiced Pederasty, a sexual relationship between an adult mentor and a teenage boy, with the permission of the boy’s father.