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TIL the term "render farm" came about in part because Jamie Clay of Autodesk regularly wore farmer's clothes

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ney0P TIL in 1998, Mariah Carey wanted to buy a penthouse in NYC but needed approval by the city's board. During the interview, one of the board members asked her if “Mr. Biggie” (recently murdered) would be visiting the building. She responded “Mr. Biggie, he be dead.” She was denied the penthouse.
d97r TIL that the trip to Mars would take only 39 days using a new type of nuke plasma rocket engine.
YVZ7 TIL: When men and women work a 4-39hr a week job, women out-earn men (table 5, page 27).
WL8Y TIL The PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox had HD support, but few games of that era took advantage of this feature.
4XAw TIL; There is a tribe which worships Prince Phillip as a god