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TIL SSDs only work because of Quantum Mechanics

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E1Kyp TIL in one study that took place in front of an escalator and a parallel staircase, the placement of a motivational poster that promoted using the stairs, doubled the amount of stair use. After removal of the poster, the effect gradually decreased back to zero.
4bPw TIL during WWII, prisoners in a Russian gulag escaped into the Siberian wilderness, walked hundreds of kilometers through blinding snow to Lake Baikal, crossed the Mongolian border, traversed the Gobi desert and hiked across the Himalayas to reach freedom in India. 4000 km… entirely on foot.
jbKj TIL in 1979, tens of thousands of rock fans gathered at a Chicago stadium to destroy disco vinyls. That day became known as “the day disco died”.
0dLrv TIL Edward McGlynn was a Catholic priest and social campaigner who was excommunicated for five years for his involvement in the labour movement and his public advocacy for Georgism. 30,000 people attended his funeral
NXlpM TIL that Anna Stubblefield, a Rutgers professor, was convicted of assault after claiming a nonverbal man with cerebral palsy consented to sex with her via “facilitated communication,” a discredited technique where the facilitator moves the person’s hand to type.