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TIL that bitcoin mining consumes more energy than Argentina's annual electricity consumption.

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rNma0 TIL of 988, the crisis hotline you can call or text anywhere in the USA for mental health crises, not just self harm. Best part? It's FREE.
Vbg4 TIL If you take all the DNA in your body and line it up to form one long strand, it would measure to be 135 trillion meters long. It would be able to wrap around the Earth’s equator 2.5 million times or about twice the diameter of our solar system.
VMMNp TIL that Max Lanman, the creator of the '96 Honda Accord video, previously created commercials for Microsoft and Chevrolet
pLnp TIL the CIA backed the genocide of communists in Indonesia that killed approximately 500,000 people and the leader of which became the president of the UN General Assembly.
y8Yl TIL a font has been created to allow people to read faster, it works by converting the English alphabet into pix-elated-like symbols and then condenses them. This font is called ‘Dotsies’.