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TIL that scientists were able to store an operating system and a film on DNA and recover it without any errors

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Br1GL TIL that Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to the Royal Academy of Brussels called “Fart Proudly”. The letter discussed the health benefits of passing gas an even included fart related puns.
9YeKQ TIL, women considered lower-caste in Kerala (India) had to pay Breast Tax (Mulakaram) for covering their breasts in public, otherwise go topless in public (until 1924)
788QO TIL that Wind Turbines have recently been inspired by the bumps on a Humpback Whales flippers. These bumps allow a smaller number of blades and a smaller, more energy-efficient motor to move the same amount of air as a larger turbine.
0pZ5 TIL that Crossfire on CNN was cancelled shortly after Jon Stewart exposed them when he was invited as a guest.
4kVMo TIL U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, at the controls of his rocket-powered Bell X-1, named “Glamorous Glennus” for his wife, breaks the sound barrier. Yeager achieves a top speed of Mach 1.07 before descending safely.