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TIL the Soviet Union had a water computer created in 1928 that was used until the 1980s.

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xVYrB TIL the last B-52's are projected to continue service until some time in the 2050's, meaning the plane will have been in service for almost 100 years.
W7e04 TIL there's something called the National Diaper Bank which coordinates and facilitates donations of diapers to families in need. 1 in 2 US families cannot afford enough diapers to keep their infant or child clean, dry, and healthy.
o6bW TIL Bill Murray said of Kung Fu Hustle: “there should have been a day of mourning for American comedy the day that movie came out,” because it was the “supreme achievement” of modern comedy.
16wZX TIL=Plastic has become such a central component of modern life, it has found its way into our Earth's crust itself, becoming a geological marker. But there's an upside: The plastic is so obvious in the Earth's crust, it gives an exact timetable for when that layer of ground became solid Earth.
awJEM TIL that fireworks are totally illegal in Florida, but are sold to ordinary people in huge quantities via hundreds of stores across the state to anyone who signs a waiver saying they're for agricultural use to scare birds away from crops.