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TIL about the Moghol people - descendants of the Mongol Empire's armies still living in modern-day Afghanistan

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yQv9e TIL of Rope Memory where women would weave SOFTWARE by hand for the Apollo program
6EM1Y TIL During World War 1, on Christmas Eve/Day, soldiers ceased fire and mingled together, singing carols, exchanging gifts, and even playing soccer/football. It is often seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of human history.
X0Dn6 TIL: 1 PB (petabyte) of data, if written on DVDs, would create roughly 223,100 DVDs, i.e., a stack about 878 feet tall, or a stack of CDs a mile high.
PY4bJ TIL the name Oyakodon (親子丼), a Japanese dish consists of chicken, egg, sliced scallion, is literally "parent-and-child donburi" when translated to English
j6QVN TIL an average-sized 1 km3 cumulus cloud (the white fluffy ones) weighs approx. 551 tons or 1.1 million pounds. They float because the surrounding dry air is denser than the cloud.