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TIL A 1.91TB file is available for download that contains PI to 5 trillion decimal places

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0wlGy TIL that in 1910, black sailors of the Brazilian navy mutinied and gained control of all of Brazil's large battleships. They then used the threat of bombarding Rio de Janeiro to successfully force the abolition of the slavery-like conditions they suffered under in the navy.
m1kDE TIL Boeing offered to install solid rockets on their early 727-200 airliners back in the 1960s and 1970s. These were for emergency thrust in the event of an engine failure during takeoff at high altitude airports. Only twelve 727s ever had them, all with Mexicana Airlines for use at Mexico City.
Abla TIL Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter advising a friend to take an older mistress, since “covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one”
J1Jrj TIL about Eternal September: How a 1993 AOL promotion led to year-round influxes of new users, a phenomenon that previously only occurred each September with new computer science students.
NBDQ TIL That North America uses a different paper standard than the rest of the world