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TIL that the space shuttle flew 135 missions with a flight computer that had less than 1% of the computing power as an XBox 360.

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X0Pjk TIL Samsung accounted for 22.4% of South Korea's GDP in 2022.
nebp7 TIL when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in 1914, initial attempts to tend his wounds were impeded by the uniform he had been sewn into for a perfect fit (and to improve his appearance). By the time aides found scissors and managed to cut through his clothes, the Archduke died and thus began WWI.
VBw0D TIL Rosalyn Carter was Delivered by Jimmy Carter’s mother.
6EGpX TIL there was a global search to find a mate for Jeremy, a rare left-coiling snail. Because his shell coiled counterclockwise, the opposite direction of typical snails, his sex organs could not align with others. Two candidates were found but they proceeded to mate with each other instead of Jeremy.
DQeQJ TIL 80% of the US population lives in the eastern half of the continental US