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TIL in 2016 researchers at University of Southampton invented glass chips etched with nanostructures that can be used to store up to 360 terabytes of data for billions of years

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6nnm TIL of Lake McDonald where the water is clear and the bed is covered with multi - colored pebbles made of clay containing iron. (pics and article)
XBO6 TIL President Kennedy had multiple conversations with President Eisenhower asking for advice during the Cuban missile crisis, and there are recordings of those phone calls.
mxAbO TIL about a disabled British pensioner called Kempton Bunton who stole Goya's Portrait of The Duke of Wellington in 1961, who would return it on condition of a donation made to charity. His case went to trial where he was found not guilty of stealing the painting but guilty of stealing the frame.
WkDr9 TIL in 2009 an oil futures trader traded 7 million barrels of oil during an "alcohol-induced blackout", causing a loss of nearly $10M to his company and briefly driving the oil price up by over $1.50 per barrel
jVla TIL Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the web