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TIL in 1961 the cost of one GFLOP of computing power was around $1.1 trillion. As of December 2013 it stood at approximately 12 cents.

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Egx8w TIL dolphins actually have names for one another, using a unique whistle to distinguish between different members within their pod.
LQv9m TIL of the Illusory Truth Effect which is when people will start to believe a lie if they hear it enough times simply because the "familiarity can over power rationality," causing something familiar to feel right.
ERxP TIL that Dung Beetles are the only non-human animals to navigate and Orient themselves using the Milky Way.
1Y8 TIL that director Oliver Stone was high on mushrooms during the filming of Natural Born Killers.
R59d9 TIL author Honoré de Balzac, best known for The Human Comedy, wrote a fanfiction sequel to the Gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin